On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 00:10 -0400, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: > I don't think there's been a kernel.i386 for a long time. Perhaps you > were thinking of kernel-headers.i386. Ah, you're right - I wasn't reading carefully. The notes should then read as follows: ===Package rebuild=== All .i386 and .i486 packages have been rebuilt as .i586 (Pentium class). These designations represent the ''minimum'' supported architecture version; Fedora 11 is ''optimized'' for Pentium 4-compatible and later processors. Fedora has never officially supported pre-Pentium architectures, and dropping any remaining backwards compatibility with these chips further improves performance and allows for code simplification (for example in glibc). ===.i686 kernel changes=== The kernel.i686 RPM is no longer produced. The following kernels are available instead: * kernel.i586, for those requiring compatibility with a Pentium-class architecture or who do not have a PAE and NX capable processor. * kernel-PAE.i686, which requires a PAE and NX capable processor with Pentium PRO-class or later architecture. After analyzing the differences between the i585 and i686 architectures, dropping the non-PAE i686 kernel is not expected to have a negative performance impact for those required to use the kernel.i586 package. The kernel-PAE.i686 RPM has additional capabilities, such as support for ExecShield security and the ability to address up to 64GB of RAM (the standard kernel can address only 4GB). Note that the architecture designations in RPM names represent the ''minimum'' supported architecture version; Fedora 11 is ''optimized'' for Pentium 4-compatible and later processors. Anaconda (the recommended install method) will automatically choose the best kernel for your hardware. If you are using the "yum upgrade" method (not recommended), you may receive the kernel.i586 package even if your processor would support the kernel-PAE.i686 package. To determine this, run the command: :grep 'flags.* pae' /proc/cpuinfo | grep -wq nx && echo 'kernel-PAE' If you see "kernel-PAE" in the output, then your CPU is capable of using this package, and you can manually "yum install kernel-PAE". -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
