On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Justin Forbes <jforbes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 9:41 PM, Jeff Backus <jeff.backus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> (Apologies - resending because I wasn't subscribed earlier) >> >> Hi list, >> >> I'm contacting you on behalf of the x86 SIG. Today FESCo approved our >> request to continue to support Fedora on x86 hardware, provided that we do >> our part to keep things running. >> >> I encourage you to reach out to us when things do come up. You can find us >> at x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or on #fedora-x86. We will likewise try to >> be proactive in tracking down and triaging x86-related issues as well as >> helping test and debug things. >> >> One caveat that FESCo attached to our request is that if you, the kernel >> team are cleared to treat i686 as any other secondary arch when you run >> into build issues. That is, you are allowed to ExcludeArch i686 until these >> issues are resolved. We ask that you block FE-ExcludeArch-x86 so that we >> can track these issues. >> >> Happy to do so. There wasn't much need on the current issue because there > are other problems keeping us from getting a successful build just yet. > Yay, merge window. I really appreciate the SIG stepping forward and finding > the solution for i686 though in a timely manner. > > Additionally, FESCo would like us to establish a minimum level of hardware >> supported. We are working on this list and will follow up with you once we >> have it completed. In the interim, we did want to address a couple of >> concerns that were passed along by Stephen Smoogen: >> >> * We have decided to drop support for PAE, so please feel free to disable >> it on the next build >> * We have decided to continue to support pre-SSE2 hardware for the time >> being > > > Done, rawhide going forward will drop PAE. Current stable Fedora releases > will continue to build PAE as it wouldn't be wise to drop support on an > existing release. This might require changes in Anaconda. IIRC, it will look at the cpuflags during install and look to install the PAE kernel if that flag is present. Unless the standard i686 kernel does a fake Provides, it might cause install issues if it's missing. At least worth verifying. josh _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list -- kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kernel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
