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5    <sect2 arch="mipsel"><title>CPU, Main Boards, and Video Support</title>    <sect2 arch="mipsel"><title>CPU, Main Boards, and Video Support</title>
6  <para>  <para>
7    
8  Complete information regarding supported mips/mipsel machines can be  Debian on &arch-title; currently supports three subarchitectures:
9  found at <ulink url="&url-mips-howto;">Linux MIPS HOWTO</ulink>. The  
10  purpose of this section is to describe the systems supported by the  <itemizedlist>
11  boot disks.  <listitem><para>
12    
13    DECstation: various models of the DECstation are supported.
14    
15    </para></listitem>
16    <listitem><para>
17    
18    Cobalt Microserver: only MIPS based Cobalt machines are covered here.
19    This included the Cobalt Qube, RaQ, Qube2 and RaQ2, and the Gateway
20    Microserver.
21    
22    </para></listitem>
23    <listitem><para>
24    
25    Broadcom BCM1250 (SWARM): this is an ATX form factor evaluation board from
26    Broadcom based on their SiByte processor family.
27    
28    </para></listitem>
29    </itemizedlist>
30    
31    Complete information regarding supported mips/mipsel machines can be found
32    at the <ulink url="&url-linux-mips;">Linux-MIPS homepage</ulink>.  In the
33    following, only the systems supported by the Debian installer will be
34    covered.  If you are looking for support for other subarchitectures, please
35    contact the <ulink url="&url-list-subscribe;">
36    debian-&architecture; mailing list</ulink>.
37    
38  </para>  </para>
39    
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41    
42  <para>  <para>
43    
44  Currently only DECstations with R3000 and R4000/R4400 CPUs are  Currently only DECstations with R3000 and R4000/R4400 CPUs are
45  supported by the Debian installation system on little endian MIPS.  supported by the Debian installation system on little endian MIPS.
46  The Debian installation system works on the following machines:  The Debian installation system works on the following machines:
47    
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68    <entry>3MIN</entry>    <entry>3MIN</entry>
69    <entry>r4k-kn04</entry>    <entry>r4k-kn04</entry>
70  </row><row>  </row><row>
71      <entry>DECstation 5000/200</entry>
72      <entry>R3000</entry>
73      <entry>3MAX</entry>
74      <entry>r3k-kn02</entry>
75    </row><row>
76    <entry>DECstation 5000/240</entry>    <entry>DECstation 5000/240</entry>
77    <entry>R3000</entry>    <entry>R3000</entry>
78    <entry>3MAX+</entry>    <entry>3MAX+</entry>
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97    
98  </para><para>  </para><para>
99    
100  Linux/MIPS also works on the DECstation 5000/200, but this is not  All Cobalt machines are supported which have a serial console (which is
101  supported by the Debian installation system currently.  needed for the installation).
102    
103    </para><para>
104    
105    The Broadcom BCM1250 evaluation board comes with an SB1250 chip with two
106    cores which are supported in SMP mode by this installer.
107    
108  </para>  </para>
109     </sect3>     </sect3>
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121    
122  </para><para>  </para><para>
123    
 If you would like to have support for other subarchitectures, please  
 contact the  
 <ulink url="&url-list-subscribe;">debian-mips mailing list</ulink>.  
   
 </para><para>  
   
124  If you have a Linux system to use as serial terminal, an easy way  If you have a Linux system to use as serial terminal, an easy way
125  is to run cu (part of the <classname>uucp</classname> package) on it.  is to run cu (part of the <classname>uucp</classname> package) on it.
126  Example:  Example:
# Line 107  cu -l /dev/ttyS1 -s 9600 Line 136  cu -l /dev/ttyS1 -s 9600
136  where the option "-l" (line) sets the serial port to use and "-s" (speed)  where the option "-l" (line) sets the serial port to use and "-s" (speed)
137  sets the speed for the connection (9600 bits per second).  sets the speed for the connection (9600 bits per second).
138    
139    </para><para>
140    
141    Both Cobalt and Broadcom BCM1250 use 115200 bps.
142    
143  </para>  </para>
144     </sect3>     </sect3>
145    </sect2>    </sect2>
146    
   
   
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