Heads-up: Requiring PAE for running Xen

[Axel Thimm]

> > > > 1) Another kernel.  This is bad due to
> > > >    a) we're running out of CD space already
> > > >    b) keeping things matched up between the HV and the guest kernels
> > > >    c) migration is worlds of pain with two types of kernels

> > > Well, I was always against kernel's in Fedora Extras (and I
> > > still am, [mostly]). But having a Xen non-PAE kernel in Extras
> > > sounds like the proper solution for the above problem. But
> > > having kernels in Extras would only be okay for me if

> > Basically you want src.rpms in Core, but a way to move subpackages
> > from a "Core build" to Extras, correct?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > That only covers Jeremy's "no place on CD" point, what about
> > migration and maintenance/security etc.?
> 
> Build from the same specfile in the same step as the other
> (kernel-)packages, so maintenance/security is and should still be in the
> hands of the core maintainer. 

But that's what the xen fedorians want to avoid, maintaining HV and
migration for several kernels. The CD space argument is only valid for
the time when the next release is to be cut, so it isn't high priority
right now.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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