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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