[installation-guide for armel] no longer supported devices
Hi,
while translating the release-notes for Bullseye, I noticed that support for
some devices has been dropped, which we currently list in the installation-guide
as supported (see
https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/armel/release-notes/ch-information.de.html#no-longer-supported-hardware)
I have prepared a patch, to update the installation-guide according this.
(I already remove old parts, mentioning which devices have been dropped from
Debian 8.)
Comments (especially arm people) ?
Holger
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diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml b/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml
index b2de0bfec..121c43e72 100644
--- a/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml
+++ b/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml
@@ -384,135 +384,140 @@ hardware. They are also common in the x86 PC world.
available. In these cases, the installer can usually provide a
working installation, but it may not be able to automatically make
the system bootable. Doing that in many cases requires
device-specific information.
</para>
<para>
When using &d-i; on such systems, you may have to manually make
the system bootable at the end of the installation, e.g. by
running the required commands in a shell started from within
&d-i;.
</para>
</sect2>
+<!--
<sect2 arch="armhf" id="armhf-unsupported-platforms"><title>Platforms no longer supported by Debian/armhf</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>EfikaMX</term>
<listitem><para>
The EfikaMX platform (Genesi Efika Smartbook and Genesi EfikaMX
nettop) was supported in &debian; 7 with a platform-specific kernel,
but is no longer supported from &debian; 8 onwards. The code required
to build the formerly used platform-specific kernel has been removed
from the upstream Linux kernel source in 2012, so &debian; cannot
provide newer builds. Using the armmp multiplatform kernel on the
EfikaMX platform would require device-tree support for it, which is
currently not available.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
-
+-->
<sect2 arch="armel" id="armel-supported-platforms"><title>Platforms supported by Debian/armel</title>
<para>
The following platforms are supported by &debian;/armel; they require
platform-specific kernels.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Kirkwood</term>
<listitem><para>
Kirkwood is a system-on-chip (SoC) from Marvell that integrates an ARM
CPU, Ethernet, SATA, USB, and other functionality in one chip.
&debian; currently supports the following Kirkwood based devices:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
<ulink url="&url-arm-cyrius-sheevaplug;">Plug computers (SheevaPlug,
GuruPlug, DreamPlug and Seagate FreeAgent DockStar)</ulink>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<ulink url="&url-arm-cyrius-qnap-kirkwood;">QNAP Turbo Station</ulink>
- (all TS-11x/TS-12x, HS-210, TS-21x/TS-22x and TS-41x/TS-42x models)
+ (all TS-11x/TS-12x, HS-210, TS-21x/TS-22x and TS-41x/TS-42x models,
+ except TS-109/TS-209, TS-119/TS-219 and TS-409)
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
LaCie NASes (Network Space v2, Network Space Max v2, Internet
Space v2, d2 Network v2, 2Big Network v2 and 5Big Network v2)
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
OpenRD (OpenRD-Base, OpenRD-Client and OpenRD-Ultimate)
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Orion5x</term>
<listitem><para>
Orion is a system-on-chip (SoC) from Marvell that integrates an ARM
CPU, Ethernet, SATA, USB, and other functionality in one chip. There
are many Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices on the market that are
based on an Orion chip. &debian; currently supports the following
Orion based devices: <ulink url="&url-arm-cyrius-kuroboxpro;">Buffalo
-Kurobox</ulink> and <ulink url="&url-arm-cyrius-mv2120;">HP
-mv2120</ulink>.
+Kurobox</ulink>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Versatile</term>
<listitem><para>
The Versatile platform is emulated by QEMU and is therefore a nice way
to test and run &debian; on ARM if you don't have real hardware.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 arch="armel" id="armel-unsupported-platforms"><title>Platforms and devices no longer supported by Debian/armel</title>
+<sect2 arch="armel" id="armel-unsupported-platforms"><title>Devices no longer supported by Debian/armel</title>
<variablelist>
+
<varlistentry>
-<term>IXP4xx</term>
+<term>Kirkwood devices</term>
<listitem><para>
-Support for the Intel IXP4xx platform has been dropped in &debian; 9.
-The Linksys NSLU2 device is based on IXP4xx and is therefore no longer
-supported.
+Support for some Kirkwood devices has been dropped for &debian; 11, since the
+Linux kernel for them can no longer being built, due to hardware limitations:
+TS-109/TS-209, TS-119/TS-219 and TS-409.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
-<term>Orion5x</term>
+<term>Orion devices</term>
<listitem><para>
-Support for the D-Link DNS-323 and Conceptronic CH3SNAS devices has been
-dropped from the Orion5x platform in &debian; 9. The Linux kernel no
-longer fits into the flash on these devices. Other Orion devices, such
-as Buffalo Kurobox and HP mv2120, are still supported.
+Support for HP Media Vault mv2120 has been dropped for &debian; 11, since the
+Linux kernel for it can no longer being built, due to hardware limitations.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
+You may be able to keep above listed devices running to some degree though,
+see <ulink
+url="https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#no-longer-supported-hardware";>the
+Release Notes for &debian; 11</ulink>.
+
</sect2>
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