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Bug#639337: www.debain.org: please update information on sparc port



Hi,

Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb-debain-sparc-20110826-2@mdcc.cx> wrote:
> 
> http://www.debian.org/ports/index should be changed, here's a pseudo-patch:
> 
> s/
> This port runs on the Sun SPARC station series of workstations, as well as some
> of their successors in the sun4 architectures.
> /
> This port runs on the Sun SPARC Ultra series of workstations, as well as some
> of their successors in the sun4 architectures.
> /
> 
[...]
> 
> http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/ should be changed:
> 
> s/
> Supported is Sun4u machines
> /
> Supported are sun4u and sun4v machines
> /
> 
> and
> 
> s/
> does support the sun4u (“Ultra”) architecture
> /
> does support the sun4u (“Ultra”) and sun4v (Niagara CPU) architecture
> /

Joost and debian-www:

Ok for me committing the attached patches?

(Please note, that I changed the proposed "Sparc Ultra series"
into "UltraSparc series", which seems the correct name.)


Holger

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--- 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_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 (&ldquo;Ultra&rdquo;) architecture.
+as mentioned above, does support the sun4u (&ldquo;Ultra&rdquo;) 
+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 &ldquo;32-bit
 userland&rdquo;.

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