Bug#720272: warn upon installing on non pae systems
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 07:42:38AM +0800, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> Shouldn't some warning be given upon attempting to install on machines
> where /proc/cpuinfo lacks pae?
Why? There is no check if this is actually a machine capable of running
a kernel with 686-style opcodes.
Also the cpuid entry for pae is only decorative and is not always
correct. (For example there exists a whole bunch of Pentium M with
pae support but without cpuid entry.)
Bastian
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