Package: www.debian.org Tags: patch Hi, I've noticed a few issues with www.d.o/ports (these are orthogonal to the stuff discussed in #611830): * Non-Linux ports: now that kFreeBSD is released, the "non-Linux" title probably should just be dropped, since "non-Linux" is not really just a sub- category of "unreleased" anymore. +++ diff --git a/webwml/english/ports/index.wml b/webwml/english/ports/index.wml --- a/webwml/english/ports/index.wml +++ b/webwml/english/ports/index.wml @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ <li><a href="#intro">Introduction</a></li> <li><a href="#released">Released ports</a></li> <li><a href="#unreleased">Ports that haven't been released yet</a></li> - <li><a href="#nonlinux">Non-Linux ports</a></li> <li><a href="#various">Various port-like projects</a></li> </ul> @@ -30,9 +29,9 @@ </p> <p> Debian is an operating system (OS), not a kernel (actually, it is more - than an OS since it includes thousands of application programs). To - prove this, we have our first three fledgling non-Linux based ports, listed - <a href="#nonlinux">at the bottom of this page</a>. + than an OS since it includes thousands of application programs). Accordingly, + while most Debian ports are based on Linux, there also are ports based on the + FreeBSD, NetBSD and Hurd kernels. </p> <p> <em>Warning</em> — this is a page in progress. Not all ports have @@ -176,8 +175,6 @@ Port to Atmel's 32-bit RISC architecture, AVR32. </p> -<h2 id="nonlinux">Non-Linux ports</h2> - <h3><a href="hurd/">Debian GNU/Hurd (<q>hurd-i386</q>)</a></h3> <p> The GNU Hurd is a totally new operating system being put together by +++ * The ARM EABI port is actually what armel is, so: +++ diff --git a/webwml/english/ports/index.wml b/webwml/english/ports/index.wml --- a/webwml/english/ports/index.wml +++ b/webwml/english/ports/index.wml @@ -208,14 +208,6 @@ <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/";>bazaar</a> fashion. </p> -<h3><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/ArmEabiPort";>ARM EABI Port</a></h3> -<p> - EABI is the new <q>Embedded</q> <acronym lang="en" - title="Application Binary Interface">ABI</acronym> by <a - href="http://arm.com/";>ARM Ltd.</a>. - EABI is actually a family of ABIs and one of the <q>subABIs</q> is GNU EABI for Linux. -</p> - <hr /> <p><strong>Disclaimer:</strong> Many of the above computer and processor +++ * armhf is not mentioned yet: +++ diff --git a/webwml/english/ports/index.wml b/webwml/english/ports/index.wml --- a/webwml/english/ports/index.wml +++ b/webwml/english/ports/index.wml @@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ First officially released with Debian 2.2. This port runs on a variety of embedded hardware, including the NSLU2. Armel is the more efficient successor for the <q>arm</q> port, which is - compatible with the ARM EABI. + compatible with the ARM EABI. These ports target machines with ARMv4 based CPU + and without a floating point unit. </p> <h3><a href="mips/">MIPS CPUs (<q>mips</q> and <q>mipsel</q>)</a></h3> @@ -160,6 +161,15 @@ A fairly new port to Hitachi SuperH processors. </p> +<h3><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/ArmHardFloatPort";>armhf</a></h3> +<p> + A lot of modern ARM boards and devices ship with a floating-point unit (FPU), + but the current Debian armel port doesn't take much advantage of it. The armhf + port was started to improve this situation and also take advantage of other + features of newer ARM CPUs. The Debian armhf port requires at least an ARMv7 + CPU with Thumb2 and VFP3D16. +</p> + <h3><a href="http://www.debonaras.org/";>armeb</a></h3> <p> Port to big-endian ARM machines, especially to Linksys NSLU2. +++ * NOTE (and no patch): arm/armel mentiones that the NSLU2 is supported, armeb mentiones that same machine (implying perhaps that NSLU2 was not supported by regular arm ports at some time?) I have no idea what the status of armeb is - the web page is still up, though doesn't look very nice and points to something apparently sarge based. Clarification would be nice. cheers -- vbi -- featured product: SpamAssassin - http://spamassassin.org
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