Re: Bug#639337: www.debain.org: please update information on sparc port
Hello,
"Stephan.Goll@t-online.de" <Stephan.Goll@t-online.de> wrote:
> I think it would be a good idea to correct the statement about sparc
> support in the actual Debian release. The SPARCstation class is
> absolutely not supported anymore.
Fixed.
Thanks!
Holger
[ports_index.diff text/x-diff (559B)]
--- ports_index_orig.wml 2011-08-26 09:36:49.493696753 +0200
+++ ports_index_workingcopy.wml 2011-08-26 09:53:06.053698588 +0200
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
<td><a href="$(HOME)/ports/sparc/">sparc</a></td>
<td>Sun SPARC</td>
<td>First officially released with Debian 2.1. This port runs on the Sun
-SPARCstation series of workstations, as well as some of their successors
+UltraSPARC series of workstations, as well as some of their successors
in the sun4 architectures.</td>
<td><a href="$(HOME)/releases/stable/sparc/release-notes/">released</a></td>
</tr>
[ports_sparc_index.diff text/x-diff (975B)]
--- ports_sparc_index_orig.wml 2011-08-26 09:39:20.649697301 +0200
+++ ports_sparc_index_workingcopy.wml 2011-08-26 09:44:49.165697308 +0200
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
<h2 id="status">Current Status</h2>
<p>
Debian SPARC is officially released and known to be stable. Supported
-is Sun4u machines (with a 32-bit userland). See
+are sun4u and sun4v machines (with a 32-bit userland). See
the <a href="../../releases/stable/sparc/">Install Manual</a>
for information on supported systems, hardware, and how to install
Debian.
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
<h2 id="sparc64bit">About 64-bit SPARC support</h2>
<p>
The Debian SPARC port,
-as mentioned above, does support the sun4u (“Ultra”) architecture.
+as mentioned above, does support the sun4u (“Ultra”)
+and sun4v (Niagara CPU) architectures.
It uses a 64-bit kernel (compiled with gcc 3.3 or newer), but most of the
applications run in 32-bit. This is also called a “32-bit
userland”.
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