> Ainsi parlait Thomas Backlund : > > From: "Jure Repinc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > There are a lot of kernels available to install. I have 11 uf I do > > > "urpmi kernel": > > > > #Theese ar MDK kernels (in main/cooker, and will be on the ISO:s): > > > 1- kernel-2.4.22.5mdk-1-1mdk.i586 > > > > - i586optimized, single processor, no highmem => > > less that 1GB Ram (or actually about 880MB) > > > > > 2- kernel-enterprise-2.4.22.5mdk-1-1mdk.i586 > > > > - i686 optimized, smp support, highmem support <= 4GB why not kernel-enterprise-2.4.22.5mdk-1-1mdk.i686 > > > > > 3- kernel-i686-up-4GB-2.4.22.5mdk-1-1mdk.i586 > > - i686 optimized, single processor, highmem <=4GB in case the only defference between 2 & 3 is SMP<->UP why not : kernel-enterprise- kernel-enterprise-smp or even better : kernel-enterprise-2.4.22.5mdk-1-1mdk.i686 kernel-enterprise-smp-2.4.22.5mdk-1-1mdk.i686 as in: kernel kernel-smp > > > > > 4- kernel-p3-smp-64GB-2.4.22.5mdk-1-1mdk.i586 > > > > - P3 optimized, smp support, highmem <=64GB > > > > > 5- kernel-secure-2.4.22.5mdk-1-1mdk.i586 > > > > - i586 optimised, secured with grsec, smp support, no highmem > > > > > 6- kernel-smp-2.4.22.5mdk-1-1mdk.i586 > > > > - i586 optimised, smp support, no highmem > What's the interest of providing so much different builds of the same > kerne > l ? > Someone with real needs for optimisations such as i686, smp or highmem > supp > ort > is likely to rebuild it anyway. well Debian seems to have a bit more: kernel-image-2.4.20-3-386_2.4.20-9_i386.deb kernel-image-2.4.20-3-586tsc_2.4.20-9_i386.deb kernel-image-2.4.20-3-686-smp_2.4.20-9_i386.deb kernel-image-2.4.20-3-686_2.4.20-9_i386.deb kernel-image-2.4.20-3-k6_2.4.20-9_i386.deb kernel-image-2.4.20-3-k7-smp_2.4.20-9_i386.deb kernel-image-2.4.20-3-k7_2.4.20-9_i386.deb and i think they also have p3 & p4 kernels(but couldn't find them now) the other questions is the HighMem support, it seems that Debian & SuSE ship (at least for i386, i never looked for other archs)
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