arch fun.
Dave Jones
davej at redhat.com
Fri Feb 6 16:39:07 UTC 2009
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 06:07:13AM -0500, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>
>
> Dave Jones wrote:
> > > 2. Will we eventually rename kernel-PAE.686 to kernel.686?
> >
> > I don't think we can, otherwise someone with non-PAE 686's who
> > does an update will suddenly find themselves unable to boot.
> >
> >
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> I was thinking about this for a little while.
>
> Can't we do this instead:
>
> 1. move kernel-PAE.686 config options to kernel.686 (I'm going to refer
> to this as the "new" kernel.686)
> 2. kill kernel-PAE.686
> 3. modify the spec file for the "new" kernel.686 to obsolete
> kernel-PAE.686 ?
>
> I'm probably missing something obvious but having PAE in there seems
> strange to me.
It's still the same upgrade problem.
Someone will be going from 'kernel' with no PAE to 'kernel' with PAE,
and on a CPU without PAE, that means they can't boot any more.
In that situation they need to go 'kernel'(i686) to 'kernel'(i586)
which aparently the tools already handle.
Dave
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