is there still an i686-PAE variant, and if so, is that distinguished in the kernel naming below ? Jarod Wilson wrote: > So we had a bug filed a while ago, requesting the ability to install the same > kernel version of different arches on the same system with the same /boot > partition: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=197065 > > To do that, we've made some changes that should be transparent to most users, > save those that are building external kernel modules. As of > kernel-2.6.25-0.154.rc6.git7.fc9, we now include the target cpu in uname -r > output, like so: > > # uname -r > 2.6.25-0.154.rc6.git7.fc9.x86_64 > > And we've also renamed files in /boot: > > # ls /boot/*x86_64* > /boot/config-2.6.25-0.154.rc6.git7.fc9.x86_64 > /boot/initrd-2.6.25-0.154.rc6.git7.fc9.x86_64.img > /boot/System.map-2.6.25-0.154.rc6.git7.fc9.x86_64 > /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-0.154.rc6.git7.fc9.x86_64 > > # ls /boot/*i686* > /boot/config-2.6.25-0.154.rc6.git7.fc9.i686 > /boot/initrd-2.6.25-0.154.rc6.git7.fc9.i686.img > /boot/System.map-2.6.25-0.154.rc6.git7.fc9.i686 > /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-0.154.rc6.git7.fc9.i686 > > The uname -r change also means /lib/modules/ looks slightly different: > > # ls /lib/modules/ > 2.6.25-0.154.rc6.git7.fc9.i686 > 2.6.25-0.154.rc6.git7.fc9.x86_64 > > And so do the contents of the kernel-devel packages: > > # ls /usr/src/kernels/ > 2.6.25-0.154.rc6.git7.fc9.i686 > 2.6.25-0.154.rc6.git7.fc9.x86_64 > > This last one is probably the one with the most visible impact, as any > external module build script that was looking > for /usr/src/kernels/$(uname -r)-$(uname -m) should now be looking > for /usr/src/kernels/$(uname -r) only. > > Sorry for the disruption, and it looks a touch ugly having arch in uname -r, > but hey, everyone else[*] is doing it. And now you can install both arch > kernels to the same /boot. > > Yell loudly if we broke something besides external kernel module building, > which should be trivial for your 3rd-party module provider to fix. > > [*] kylem says ubuntu/debian already do this, and possibly suse as well... > -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
