Re: your mail
From: Dave Jones (davej_at_redhat.com)
Date: 09/30/03
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:31:13 +0100 To: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 09:17:16AM +0100, John Bradford wrote:
> Of course a kernel compiled strictly for 386s may seem to boot on an
> Athlon but not work properly. So what? Just don't run the 'wrong'
> kernel.
Wrong answer. How do you intend to install Linux when a distro boot
kernel is compiled for lowest-common-denominator (386), and is the
'wrong' kernel for an Athlon ?
We hashed this argument out a week or so ago, it seems the message
didn't get across. YOU CAN NOT DISABLE ERRATA WORKAROUNDS IN A KERNEL
THAT MAY POSSIBLY BOOT ON HARDWARE THAT WORKAROUND IS FOR.
clearer ?
Dave
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