How should anaconda check for PAE? (was Re: arch fun.)

Chris Lalancette clalance at redhat.com
Wed Feb 25 12:27:35 UTC 2009


Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> We can also simply do this:
> 
>  - Install PAE kernel if the CPU supports PAE.
> 
> i.e. make PAE the default kernel.

Yes, I really think we should just do this.  It's simple, it means we get the
logic right for Xen as well as bare-metal (without any special cases), and the
performance hit for those who have PAE and < 4GB isn't that bad, I don't think
(although numbers one way or the other would be interesting to see).

-- 
Chris Lalancette




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