Re: arch name of ppc64el (and arm64)
Hi,
Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 20:36:34 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2015-04-11 at 17:13 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> > > > in build/entities/common.ent there was the name of the architecture
> > > > missing. So what's the exact pronunciation of that arch?
> > > > (for powerpc we have "PowerPC" for example)
> > > > Is there some special form, or simply ppc64el?
> > > > In "Supported hardware" Breno has "Power Systems" as arch name. ???
> > > > The ports page on https://www.debian.org/ports/ lists
> > > > https://wiki.debian.org/ppc64el/ as basic info page for the
> > > > ppc64el port, and there is no mention of "Power Systems"...
> > > > Also, in "Instructions for Netboot installation" under preparing
> > > > there is the term "PowerLinux machine".
> > > > This all should be harmonized to one term.
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > Based on
> > > <http://openpowerfoundation.org/technical/technical-resources/technical-specifications/> I think it's 'PowerPC 64-bit little-endian', or 'PowerISA little-endian'.
> > >
> > > However, comparing with the way we've named other architectures, '64-bit
> > > PowerPC (little-endian)' would be more consistent.
> >
> > In the Jessie release announcement the name "AArch64" was introduced.
> > Would that be correct for the d-i manual too?
> > Or is it wrong at all?
> >
> AArch64 is arm64, not ppc64el...
Indeed, I should have looked better :-(
There's some inconsistency for AArch64 though:
on https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/installmanual.en.html it's
"64-bit ARM (AArch64)"
while in the manual itself we have
"64-bit ARM (arm64)"
Holger
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