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: As of Debian 6.0 (squeeze) PA-RISC Linux was sadly dropped in July 2011 as officially supported platform which is why the PA-RISC Linux development currently happens as Debian-unofficial architecture in the [[http://www.debian-ports.org Debian Ports]] project. Our Wiki contains a description on [https://parisc.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Debian_Ports_Installation how to install PA-RISC Linux from the Debian Ports repository].
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Contents

About

This Wiki is meant to be an entry point for the PA-RISC Linux port. Its contents are mostly directed to developers, but people wanting to learn more about the PA-RISC Linux kernel and the PA-RISC architecture secrets might find useful data here.

Introduction to Linux on PA-RISC

The PA-RISC project provides a native port of Linux to the PA-RISC architecture. The port was merged into linux-2.6 and linux-3.x mainstream Linux kernel tree. PA-RISC Linux Project History tells how the project got started and the first steps. Contact the Mailing lists if you want to volunteer your time.

See the Hall of Fame for a list of folks who brought you the initial 0.9x and Debian 3.0 releases. That includes boot loader, kernel, documentation, user space programs, packaging, testing, debugging, and pulling everything together into an ISO.

Linux distributions with support for PA-RISC Linux

PA-RISC Linux is currently supported by various Linux distributions, whith Gentoo Linux and Debian being the ones which currently provide the best support for the PA-RISC architecture.

Gentoo Linux
PA-RISC is a fully supported architecture of Gentoo Linux.
Many thanks to the smart people of the Gentoo Linux HPPA Development team for providing Gentoo Linux installation ISOs available for download!
If you wish to install Gentoo Linux for PA-RISC, we suggest that your read the Handbook on how to install Gentoo Linux for PA-RISC.
Debian Ports Linux
The PA-RISC Linux development community is proud to have been officially part of the Debian 3.1 (sarge), 4.0 (etch) and 5.0 (lenny) releases.
As of Debian 6.0 (squeeze) PA-RISC Linux was sadly dropped in July 2011 as officially supported platform which is why the PA-RISC Linux development currently happens as Debian-unofficial architecture in the [Debian Ports] project. Our Wiki contains a description on Debian Ports Installation.

Before downloading any ISOs for Gentoo, Debian or any other Linux distribution, first check the PARISC FAQ and Hardware support for issues specific to your hardware.

PA-RISC NEWS

  • Jan 2014 - Updated Debian unstable install instructions. 'debootstrap' now moved to debian-ports.org.
  • Dec 2013 - 5 buildd servers for debian unstable online. Stable Debian kernel 3.12 available.
  • Aug 2013 - Linux kernel 3.11 supports C8000 workstation (SMP, serial port, FireGL card, BMC, ...)
  • Apr 2013 - Website updated, added Debian-ports installation instructions and updated TODO list.
  • Mar 2013 - Many Debian 7.0 (wheezy) now available.
  • Feb 2013 - Many PA-RISC Linux kernel patches have been integrated into Kernel 3.8. Stability will improve even further with kernel 3.9.
  • Feb 2012 - Website is back up! Work continues on the debian-ports support for HPPA.
  • Sep 2010 - HPPA dropped as an official release architecture for squeeze.
  • Sep 2009 - NPTL transition is ready, thanks to the efforts of Carlos!
  • Feb 2009 - Debian 5.0!
  • Apr 2007 - Debian 4.0!
  • Jul 2006 - James fixes (mostly) parisc-linux on PA8800! w00t!
  • Mar 2006 - Fixed stifb on 64-bit machines. X now works with a 64-bit kernel!
  • Dec 2005 - Fixed framebuffer console on 32bit HCRX graphic cards
  • Dec 2005 - PCMCIA support added (e.g. used in Tadpole PA-RISC laptops)
  • Jun 2005 - Debian 3.1!
  • Mar 2005 - The parisc-linux patch set is less than 200K for the first time ever! Thanks to willy for doing such a great job pushing patches upstream!
  • Jun 2004 - Support for PA8800/zx1 committed!

PA-RISC FAQ

How to install PARISC Linux

Technical Documentation

External Resources

Personal tools