Re: d-i installation manual bits for arm64 and ppc64el
Hello,
I can only repeat what I have posted a couple of months ago: we do
need documentation in the manual about the arm64 and ppc64el new
architectures.
Samuel Thibault, le Tue 16 Sep 2014 14:11:01 +0200, a écrit :
> One of the things that needs to get added for arm64 and ppc64el is the
> installation manual bits. For now I have just commited the basics, so
> you can
>
> $ debcheckout installation-guide
> $ cd installation-guide/build
> $ ./buildone arm64 en pdf
> $ ./buildone ppc64el en pdf
>
> to get it built. What porters need to do is to add information specific
> to their arch.
>
> For arm64
> =========
>
> For now, arm64 is just like armel and armhf, I guess they won't differ
> so much. At least these files will however probably have to be updated
> to document some board-specific details:
>
> - en/hardware/supported/arm.xml
> - en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml
> - en/install-methods/download/arm.xml
> - en/preparing/bios-setup/arm.xml
> - en/boot-installer/arm.xml
> - en/using-d-i/modules/arm/flash-kernel-installer.xml
>
> It's probably useful to also look around at paragraphs marked with
> arch="arm"
>
> For ppc64el
> ===========
>
> For now, ppc64el is just like powerpc, I guess it may be useful to
> distinguish them so as to drop the documentation for elder hardware?
> en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml will have to be updated. At least
> these files will probably have to be updated:
>
> - en/hardware/supported/powerpc.xml
> - en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml
> - en/install-methods/floppy/powerpc.xml
> - en/install-methods/usb-setup/powerpc.xml
> - en/preparing/bios-setup/powerpc.xml
> - en/boot-installer/powerpc.xml
> - en/using-d-i/modules/powerpc/yaboot-installer.xml
> - en/using-d-i/modules/powerpc/quik-installer.xml
>
> It's probably useful to also look around at paragraphs marked with
> arch="ppc64el"
>
> Samuel
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