Bug#1079800: release-notes - Document that default ppc64el kernel switched to 4k pages
Chris Hofstaedtler <[email protected]> Sat, 19 Jul 2025 01:36:19 +0200
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Control: forwarded -1 https://salsa.debian.org/ddp-team/release-notes/-/merge_requests/280 On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 05:12:34PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > The kernel team decided to switch the default kernel for ppc64el (and > with this also ppc64) to 4k page size. This is known to break systems > in some circumstances. We need to document this in the release notes as > well as in the package. It's unclear to me which info is useful directly in the release-notes, and what can just be in the kernel NEWS file. I've opened an MR at https://salsa.debian.org/ddp-team/release-notes/-/merge_requests/280 Improvements & review welcome. Chris