Re: debian-installer kernel policy

[Karsten Merker <karsten@excalibur.cologne.de>]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 05:43:42PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 07:41:59PM +0200, Karsten Merker wrote:
> > Yes, the modules are different. Kernel code on mips and mipsel is CPU type
> > dependent, i.e. unlike on i386 a kernel module compiled for a "lower" CPU
> > (e.g. R3k) does not always work on a "higher" CPU (e.g. R4k). The userspace
> > is compatible, but kernel code is not. Even within the same CPU instruction
> > set architecture modules are subarch-dependent - this is a limitation in the
> > current kernel design.
> 
> on this archs, the VERSION part includes the subarch specification,
> right? like 2.4.21-sparc4 or such.

At least for mips and mipsel that is the case. Examples:

2.4.17-r3k-kn02
2.4.17-r4k-kn04
2.4.17-r4k-ip22

Regards,
Karsten
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