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

2012/1/6 Franck Bui <[email protected]>:
> Fabrice Facorat <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> 2012/1/5 Franck Bui <[email protected]>:
>>
>>> 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 ?
>>
>> do you plan to call each of them ?
>
> No I'm waiting for them to call me :)
>
>> Except if this is automated, this won't work.  Users should just
>> blindly press "Updates", and after a reboot, they should still have a
>> working system
>
> More seriously, I agree this should be fixed.
>
> A hack like the following could have fixed this I think, but i don't
> think it's possible. In the kernel-desktop-latest package, we could do
> this:
>
>  %post
>  flavour=genric
>  grep -q pae /proc/cpuinfo && flavour=desktop
>  urpmi kernel-$flavour
>
> If someone can spot a safe way to do the equivalent, please tell.
>
> Otherwise, I'll change the kernel-desktop-latest to require
> kernel-generic.
>
> Most of the users will use the generic flavour wrongly (but it will
> work) and the rest will be happy.
>
> --
>                Franck
>

Now (after investigate problem and try correct it with our users) for
some reason we need install kernel-generic ONLY in first install from
ISO. This part is releated for installer post-script, i think. And
this is not problem for 2011 now.

Users may have a chance return for old kernel, if new not work. This
is problem for now (if user have a problem with update to 2.6.39 PAE
it will load old kernel and install kernel-generic, but some user say,
that is not possible :( ). And we may produce additional ISO with
kernel-generic, or use only kernel-generic for 32-bit installer ISO,
but then check PAE enabled and install propertly kernel (rpm may be in
ISO).

Or we oficially (as Ubuntu) say: "Get out with you old ugly slow
kernel with no PAE" :) Or produce for 2012 only 64 bit ISO.

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