https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1730086
On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 12:48:09 -0700, Adam Williamson adamwill@fedoraproject.org wrote:
I noticed an issue booting recent kernels on a machine I just cross graded from i686 to x86_64 and had to use a 5.2 kernel for that project. But when I tested the x86_64 kernel on that machine I had what looked to be the same problem. However another x86_64 machine booted fine.
I'm going to be going on vacation soon and probably won't have much time to try stuff this week. I might be able to do some testing next week, but this machine doesn't build kernels very quickly.
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 10:21 AM Bruno Wolff III bruno@wolff.to wrote:
On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 12:48:09 -0700, Adam Williamson adamwill@fedoraproject.org wrote:
I noticed an issue booting recent kernels on a machine I just cross graded from i686 to x86_64 and had to use a 5.2 kernel for that project. But when I tested the x86_64 kernel on that machine I had what looked to be the same problem. However another x86_64 machine booted fine.
I'm going to be going on vacation soon and probably won't have much time to try stuff this week. I might be able to do some testing next week, but this machine doesn't build kernels very quickly.
Sorry, I was on vacation, but i686 kernels and bootable images are no longer being built in rawhide, or for F31 and beyond.
F29 and F30 will continue to receive i686 kernel updates until they are EOL.
Justin
On July 19, 2019 3:08:33 PM MST, Justin Forbes jforbes@redhat.com wrote:
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 10:21 AM Bruno Wolff III bruno@wolff.to wrote:
On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 12:48:09 -0700, Adam Williamson adamwill@fedoraproject.org wrote:
I noticed an issue booting recent kernels on a machine I just cross
graded
from i686 to x86_64 and had to use a 5.2 kernel for that project. But
when
I tested the x86_64 kernel on that machine I had what looked to be
the
same problem. However another x86_64 machine booted fine.
I'm going to be going on vacation soon and probably won't have much
time
to try stuff this week. I might be able to do some testing next week,
but
this machine doesn't build kernels very quickly.
Sorry, I was on vacation, but i686 kernels and bootable images are no longer being built in rawhide, or for F31 and beyond.
F29 and F30 will continue to receive i686 kernel updates until they are EOL.
Justin
I foresaw this, and it came even sooner than my cynical self expected. A sad end. i686 still has numerous valid uses. It looks like the fundamental nature of Linux has changed, and it is no longer an operating system suitable for running on truly ancient hardware. How intensely depressing.
I applaud the valiant effort of those who attempted to keep i686 alive in the Fedora project.
I should have done more, but I had very little free time and even less energy.
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