nightmorph    07/04/02 02:30:16

  Modified:             hb-install-sparc-disk.xml
                        hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml
  Log:
  no more sparc32 support

Revision  Changes    Path
1.17                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-disk.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-disk.xml?rev=1.17&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-disk.xml?rev=1.17&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-disk.xml?r1=1.16&r2=1.17

Index: hb-install-sparc-disk.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-disk.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.16
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -r1.16 -r1.17
--- hb-install-sparc-disk.xml	14 Mar 2007 07:31:43 -0000	1.16
+++ hb-install-sparc-disk.xml	2 Apr 2007 02:30:16 -0000	1.17
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-disk.xml,v 1.16 2007/03/14 07:31:43 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-disk.xml,v 1.17 2007/04/02 02:30:16 nightmorph Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@
     <ti>&lt;2 GByte</ti>
     <ti>/</ti>
     <ti>
-      Root partition. For sun4c, sun4d and sun4m systems, some PROMs require 
-      this partition to be less than 1 GBytes in size and the first
-      partition on the disk.
+      Root partition. For sparc64 systems with older OBP versions, this
+      <e>must</e> be less than 2 GBytes in size, and the first partition on the
+      disk.
     </ti>
 </tr>
 <tr>



1.22                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml?rev=1.22&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml?rev=1.22&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml?r1=1.21&r2=1.22

Index: hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.21
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -u -r1.21 -r1.22
--- hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml	2 Apr 2007 01:32:28 -0000	1.21
+++ hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml	2 Apr 2007 02:30:16 -0000	1.22
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml,v 1.21 2007/04/02 01:32:28 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml,v 1.22 2007/04/02 02:30:16 nightmorph Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -236,16 +236,12 @@
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-If the (uncompressed) size is bigger than 2.5 MB (for Sparc32) or 3.5 MB (for 
-Sparc64), reconfigure your kernel until it doesn't exceed these limits. One way
-of accomplishing this is by having most kernel drivers compiled as modules.
-Ignoring this can lead to a non-booting kernel.
+If the (uncompressed) size is bigger than 7.5 MB, reconfigure your kernel until
+it doesn't exceed these limits. One way of accomplishing this is by having most
+kernel drivers compiled as modules.  Ignoring this can lead to a non-booting
+kernel.
 </p>
 
-<note>
-If you use a 2.6.3 or higher kernel, sparc64 kernels can be up to 7.5 MB.
-</note>
-
 <p>
 Also, if your kernel is just a tad too big, you can try stripping it using the
 <c>strip</c> command:
@@ -267,10 +263,6 @@
 </p>
 
 <pre caption="Compiling the kernel">
-<comment>(sparc32)</comment>
-# <i>make &amp;&amp; make modules_install</i>
-
-<comment>(sparc64)</comment>
 # <i>make &amp;&amp; make image modules_install</i>
 </pre>
 
@@ -281,10 +273,6 @@
 </p>
 
 <pre caption="Installing the kernel">
-<comment>(sparc32)</comment>
-# <i>cp arch/sparc/boot/image /boot/&lt;kernel-version&gt;</i>
-
-<comment>(sparc64)</comment>
 # <i>cp arch/sparc64/boot/image /boot/&lt;kernel-version&gt;</i>
 </pre>
 



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