Oops, this never made it into the release notes, so this is the next best place I could find: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F11_bugs#Can.27t_find_.i686_kernel -B On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 00:59 -0400, Christopher Beland wrote: > 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
