Hi, On 31/10/16 14:34, Samuel Thibault wrote: > For the coming d-i alpha release, I have added the mips64el architecture > to the installation manual. I have basically copied mipsel bits, since > AIUI mips64el is merely the 64bit version of mipsel. It would be worth > proofreading it. Basically it boils down to: > > svn co svn://svn.debian.org/svn/d-i/trunk/manual > cd manual > dpkg-checkbuilddeps > cd build > ./buildone mips64el en pdf > > and look at build.out/install.en.pdf > > There is notably the Section 2.1.2. CPU, Main Boards, and Video Support > which I merely copied from mipsel. I guessed the comment about Malta > was the same for mips64el. > > You can also run > > grep -r mips64el en/ > > to see the sections which I have enabled. Thanks! I had a brief look. I think sections 2.1 (supported hardware) and 5.1 (booting the installer) need to be overhauled on on all 3 mips arches. I've added it to the list of issues on the MIPSPort wiki page. Also currently the architecture is described as "64-bit Mipsel", but I think "64-bit MIPS (little endian)" or something similar would be better. "Mipsel" is just an internal name used to refer to little endian mips. The other 2 mips arches could also be renamed to "32-bit MIPS (big/little endian)". James
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