Re: kernel-{image,headers} package bloat
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 05:49:11AM -0500, Rahul Jain wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 10:27:42AM +0000, Frank Copeland wrote:
> > OK, now I've looked at the initrd docs I can see that. But what's
> > the rationale now for having kernel flavours for all the possible
> > variations on x86 processor type (except, it seems, for i486).
>
> Hmm... I was under the impression that the 486 required the most
> unique optimizations of all the x86 line. Why not get rid of the k6,
> p2, and p3 kernels and have a 486 one instead?
better to have just a plain i386 kernel, and optionally other kernels
for any ia32-architecture processors which fail to boot on a 386 kernel
(if any exist - i don't know of any. AFAIK, a 386 kernel will boot on
any ia32 compatible processor).
craig
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