Re: arch name of ppc64el (and arm64)

[Holger Wansing]

Hi,

Julien Cristau  wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 20:36:34 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Ben Hutchings  wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2015-04-11 at 17:13 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> > > > in build/entities/common.ent there was the name of the 
> > > > architecture
> > > > missing. So what's the exact pronunciation of that arch?
> > > > (for powerpc we have "PowerPC" for example)
> > > > Is there some special form, or simply ppc64el?
> > > > In "Supported hardware" Breno has "Power Systems" as arch name. 
> > > > ???
> > > > The ports page on https://www.debian.org/ports/ lists
> > > > https://wiki.debian.org/ppc64el/ as basic info page for the
> > > > ppc64el port, and there is no mention of "Power Systems"...
> > > > Also, in "Instructions for Netboot installation" under preparing
> > > > there is the term "PowerLinux machine". 
> > > > This all should be harmonized to one term.
> > > [...]
> > > 
> > > Based on
> > > 
> > >  I think it's 'PowerPC 64-bit little-endian', or 'PowerISA little-endian'.
> > > 
> > > However, comparing with the way we've named other architectures, '64-bit
> > > PowerPC (little-endian)' would be more consistent.
> > 
> > In the Jessie release announcement the name "AArch64" was introduced.
> > Would that be correct for the d-i manual too?
> > Or is it wrong at all?
> > 
> AArch64 is arm64, not ppc64el...

Indeed, I should have looked better :-(

There's some inconsistency for AArch64 though:
on https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/installmanual.en.html it's
"64-bit ARM (AArch64)"
while in the manual itself we have
"64-bit ARM (arm64)"


Holger

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Re: arch name of ppc64el

[Julien Cristau]

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 20:36:34 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Ben Hutchings  wrote:
> > On Sat, 2015-04-11 at 17:13 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> > >   in build/entities/common.ent there was the name of the architecture
> > >   missing. So what's the exact pronunciation of that arch?
> > >   (for powerpc we have "PowerPC" for example)
> > >   Is there some special form, or simply ppc64el?
> > >   In "Supported hardware" Breno has "Power Systems" as arch name. ???
> > >   The ports page on https://www.debian.org/ports/ lists
> > >   https://wiki.debian.org/ppc64el/ as basic info page for the
> > >   ppc64el port, and there is no mention of "Power Systems"...
> > >   Also, in "Instructions for Netboot installation" under preparing
> > >   there is the term "PowerLinux machine". 
> > >   This all should be harmonized to one term.
> > [...]
> > 
> > Based on
> > 
> >  I think it's 'PowerPC 64-bit little-endian', or 'PowerISA little-endian'.
> > 
> > However, comparing with the way we've named other architectures, '64-bit
> > PowerPC (little-endian)' would be more consistent.
> 
> In the Jessie release announcement the name "AArch64" was introduced.
> Would that be correct for the d-i manual too?
> Or is it wrong at all?
> 
AArch64 is arm64, not ppc64el...

Cheers,
Julien


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[Holger Wansing]

Hi,

Ben Hutchings  wrote:
> On Sat, 2015-04-11 at 17:13 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> > in build/entities/common.ent there was the name of the architecture
> > missing. So what's the exact pronunciation of that arch?
> > (for powerpc we have "PowerPC" for example)
> > Is there some special form, or simply ppc64el?
> > In "Supported hardware" Breno has "Power Systems" as arch name. ???
> > The ports page on https://www.debian.org/ports/ lists
> > https://wiki.debian.org/ppc64el/ as basic info page for the
> > ppc64el port, and there is no mention of "Power Systems"...
> > Also, in "Instructions for Netboot installation" under preparing
> > there is the term "PowerLinux machine". 
> > This all should be harmonized to one term.
> [...]
> 
> Based on
> 
>  I think it's 'PowerPC 64-bit little-endian', or 'PowerISA little-endian'.
> 
> However, comparing with the way we've named other architectures, '64-bit
> PowerPC (little-endian)' would be more consistent.

In the Jessie release announcement the name "AArch64" was introduced.
Would that be correct for the d-i manual too?
Or is it wrong at all?


Holger

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