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Re: 4.8 Server-Kernel backported, not exclusively for AMD



On Tue, 2017-01-10 at 14:11 +0100, Andreas Glaeser wrote:
> This is running on my NAS:
> 
> > root@t555:~# uname -a
> > Linux t555 4.8.15-asrv-bpo #2 SMP Tue Jan 10 13:27:12 CET 2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> and also on my build- and virt-server:
> 
> > build@dop58:~$ uname -a
> > Linux dop58 4.8.15-asrv-bpo #2 SMP Tue Jan 10 13:27:12 CET 2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> So it is not limited to AMD, but also does well on VIA-Nano, the philosophy would
> probably be "Build once, run here and there", obviously great for everyone, who does not
> want to spent too much time for building various kernel-versions, see attachments.

We haven't provided AMD-specific kernel packages for a very long time.
The 'amd64' in kernel package names has the the same meaning as the
Debian architecture name: it's for 64-bit PCs (which you can see in the
description).

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
                                                            - Robert
Coveyou

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