Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Kernel v3.1.6-1.2 (cooker only)

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> Alexander Kazancev <[email protected]> writes:
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> [...]
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> >
> > Is kernel-generic has some features and improverments, like you
> > kernel-desktop and what reason using PAE and HIGHMEM64G for 32-bit
> > kernel?
> 
> Because kernel-desktop targets modern HW, not 10 year old ones. So
> people using a kernel desktop on contemporary 32-bits machines (the
> very
> common case) can use more than 4Go and the no-exec bit.
> 
> >
> > Now we have a ugly situation on 2011, like user install initial
> > mandriva ISO with 2.6.38 kernel (it's no PAE in desktop version)
> > and
> 
> Hmm... I thought that old desktop kernel was targeting the i686
> micro-architecture with PAE enabled but that was mistake. For some
> reasons it has been decided to not use PAE even if the i686 has the
> support...
> 
> Well, even if it's not nice, if the number of users is very low (and
> I
> suspect it is) then we could simply ask them to use install the
> kernel-generic package manually ?

If I remember correctly pentium M computer lacked the PAE flags, 
some nano-based computers also...

I'm not sure about "recent" atom CPU, but they also may lack it...

Stef