Debian does not impose hardware requirements beyond the requirements of the Linux kernel and the GNU tool-sets. Therefore, any architecture or platform to which the Linux kernel, libc, gcc, etc. have been ported, and for which a Debian port exists, can run Debian. Please refer to the Ports pages at https://www.debian.org/ports/ia64/ for more details on IA-64 architecture systems which have been tested with Debian GNU/Linux.
Rather than attempting to describe all the different hardware configurations which are supported for IA-64, this section contains general information and pointers to where additional information can be found.
Debian GNU/Linux 13 supports 9 major architectures and several variations of each architecture known as «flavors».
Arkitektur | Debian Designation | Subarchitecture | Flavor |
---|---|---|---|
AMD64 & Intel 64 | amd64 | ||
Intel x86-based | i386 | default x86 machines | default |
Xen PV domains only | xen | ||
ARM | armel | Marvell Kirkwood and Orion | marvell |
ARM with hardware FPU | armhf | multiplatform | armmp |
64bit ARM | arm64 | ||
64bit MIPS (little-endian) | mips64el | MIPS Malta | 5kc-malta |
Cavium Octeon | octeon | ||
Loongson 3 | loongson-3 | ||
32bit MIPS (little-endian) | mipsel | MIPS Malta | 4kc-malta |
Cavium Octeon | octeon | ||
Loongson 3 | loongson-3 | ||
Power Systems | ppc64el | IBM POWER8 or newer machines | |
64bit IBM S/390 | s390x | IPL from VM-reader and DASD | generic |
This document covers installation for the IA-64 architecture using the Linux kernel. If you are looking for information on any of the other Debian-supported architectures take a look at the Debian-Ports pages.
Multiprocessor support — also called «symmetric multiprocessing» or SMP — is available for this architecture. However, the standard Debian 13 kernel image does not support SMP. This should not prevent installation, since the standard, non-SMP kernel should boot on SMP systems; the kernel will simply use only the first CPU.
In order to take advantage of multiple processors, you'll have to replace the standard Debian kernel. You can find a discussion of how to do this in Seksjon 8.5, «Compiling a New Kernel». At this time (kernel version 3.16) the way you enable SMP is to select «SMP support» in the «General setup» section of the kernel config.
Debian's support for graphical interfaces is determined by the underlying support found in X.Org's X11 system, and the kernel. Basic framebuffer graphics is provided by the kernel, whilst desktop environments use X11. Whether advanced graphics card features such as 3D-hardware acceleration or hardware-accelerated video are available, depends on the actual graphics hardware used in the system and in some cases on the installation of additional «firmware» blobs (see Seksjon 2.2, «Devices Requiring Firmware»).
Details on supported graphics hardware and pointing devices can be found at https://wiki.freedesktop.org/xorg/. Debian 13 ships with X.Org version 7.7.
Almost any network interface card (NIC) supported by the Linux kernel should also be supported by the installation system; drivers should normally be loaded automatically.