Re: powerpc update for amd64

[SZÉPE Viktor <viktor@szepe.net>]

Idézem/Quoting Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl>:

> On Sun, Mar 04, 2018 at 07:35:37AM +0100, SZÉPE Viktor wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > What is the use of pushing an update with only powerpc changes to amd64?
> > Thank you.
>
> Please read with me,  scan for 'amd64'
>
> > linux (4.9.82-1+deb9u3) stretch-security; urgency=medium
> >
> >   * [powerpc] Backport more RFI flush related patches from 4.9.84.  Closes:
> >     #891249.
> >   * [powerpc] Ignore ABI change in paca.
> >
> >  -- Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>  Fri, 02 Mar 2018 08:52:22 +0100
>
> No 'amd64' found.
>
> Things found:  'linux'   and  'powerpc'
>
>
> If the original poster was implying "Linux is only for amd64",
> then is wake-up call to say "Linux is way more then architecture 'amd64'"

Thank you.

My question is really this:
Why should one using an amd64 hardware update its kernel/reboot when  
changes are only for powerpc?


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