Re: Upgrading from linux-image-2.6.18-686 to linux-image-2.6.24-686 breaks on AMD Geode LX CPU
2009/4/9 Sven Hoexter <sven@timegate.de>:
> On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 04:03:18PM +0100, Paul Richards wrote:
>
>> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464962
>> >
>> > Turns out the AMD Geode LX is affected by the same problem, and there
>> > is already a fix in the pipeline.
>> >
>>
>>
>> I've just taken a fresh look at this to see if I'm now able to move
>> back to a normal 686 kernel, but I see that the fixed version
>> "2.6.26-8" is not available on Lenny. Currently Lenny still has
>> "2.6.26-1".
>>
>> Is there any chance this will become available on Lenny eventually?
>
> Hm currently there's -13 with -13lenny2 scheduled for the next stable
> release available for Lenny.
>
> sven@arthur:~$ rmadison linux-image-2.6.26-1-686
> linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 | 2.6.26-13 | stable | i386
> linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 | 2.6.26-13 | testing | i386
> linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 | 2.6.26-13lenny2 | proposed-updates | i386
>
> If you've still something older than that you should check your system and
> maybe the mirror why this is the case.
I don't have proposed-updates in my sources.list. Is it advisable to
add proposed-updates for a stable system?
>
> Personally I decided to run my Geode LX system with the 486 kernel image.
> Donno how much of a performance penalty there is but I guess for usual
> system usage it doesn't matter.
>
Likewise, I can't imagine that it makes a significant difference. It
would just make my Geode system sound more powerful if the login
message splurted "686" instead of "486".. :)
--
Paul Richards
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