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Bug#666186: marked as done (i386 Linux kernel flavour change in wheezy)

Your message dated Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:35:30 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#666186: i386 Linux kernel flavour change in wheezy
has caused the Debian Bug report #666186,
regarding i386 Linux kernel flavour change in wheezy
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Package: release-notes
Tags: wheezy

There should be a note for people upgrading an i386 squeeze system to
wheezy about the change of kernel flavours.  Suggested text:

"""
Debian's '686' kernel configuration has been replaced by the '686-pae'
configuration, which uses PAE (Physical Address Extension).  If your
computer is currently running the '686' configuration but does not have
PAE, you will need to switch to the '486' configuration instead.  You
can check whether your computer has PAE by running:

    grep -q '^flags.*\bpae\b' /proc/cpuinfo && echo yes || echo no

If it does not, you should install linux-image-486 and then remove
linux-image-686 and/or linux-image-2.6-686 if they are currently
installed.
"""

This is not relevant for installation since the flavour selection is
done automatically based on processor flags.

This should be done after configuring the wheezy sources and before
upgrading anything else.  Upgrading linux-image-686 or
linux-image-2.6-686 on a non-PAE system will fail with an explanation
similar to the above (only unconditional).

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Horngren's Observation:
                   Among economists, the real world is often a special case.

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On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 15:49:40 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:

> Package: release-notes
> Tags: wheezy
> 
> There should be a note for people upgrading an i386 squeeze system to
> wheezy about the change of kernel flavours.  Suggested text:
> 
> """
> Debian's '686' kernel configuration has been replaced by the '686-pae'
> configuration, which uses PAE (Physical Address Extension).  If your
> computer is currently running the '686' configuration but does not have
> PAE, you will need to switch to the '486' configuration instead.  You
> can check whether your computer has PAE by running:
> 
>     grep -q '^flags.*\bpae\b' /proc/cpuinfo && echo yes || echo no
> 
> If it does not, you should install linux-image-486 and then remove
> linux-image-686 and/or linux-image-2.6-686 if they are currently
> installed.
> """
> 
> This is not relevant for installation since the flavour selection is
> done automatically based on processor flags.
> 
> This should be done after configuring the wheezy sources and before
> upgrading anything else.  Upgrading linux-image-686 or
> linux-image-2.6-686 on a non-PAE system will fail with an explanation
> similar to the above (only unconditional).
> 
Added in r9275, thanks.

Cheers,
Julien

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