Author: dannf Date: Wed Nov 15 00:43:41 2006 New Revision: 7802 Modified: dists/etch/etch-release-notes Log: * Note that 80386 machines are no longer supported * Describe how to manually install a linux-image-2.6 metapackage if the dist-upgrade failed to install one * Add a section on initrd-tools deprecation
Modified: dists/etch/etch-release-notes ============================================================================== --- dists/etch/etch-release-notes (original) +++ dists/etch/etch-release-notes Wed Nov 15 00:43:41 2006 @@ -3,19 +3,50 @@ Linux kernel packages have been renamed from kernel-* to linux-* in order to open up the namespace for non-Linux kernel packages in Debian. -initramfs-tools/yaird ---------------------- -[need to note this change, and describe upgrade issues like upgrading to - etch when running a 2.4 kernel] - <arch=amd64,i386,ia64> SMP kernel changes ------------------ -Multiprocessor systems no longer require an *-smp flavour of the Linux kernel. -linux-image packages without the -smp suffix support will support +Multiprocessor systems no longer require a *-smp flavour of the Linux kernel. +linux-image packages without the -smp suffix support have support for multiprocessor systems. </arch> +<arch=i386> +386 kernel flavour deprecated +----------------------------- +Support for the 80386 sub-archicture for i386 has been dropped in etch. +The 386 kernel flavor is no longer supported and has been replaced by the +new 486 flavour. +</arch> + +Upgrading to an etch kernel +--------------------------- +When you dist-upgrade from sarge to etch, it is strongly recommended that you +install a new linux-image-2.6-* metapackage. This package may automatically be +installed by the dist-upgrade process. You can verify this by running: + $ dpkg -l | grep '^ii linux-image' + +If you do not see any output, then you will need to install a new linux-image +package by hand. To see a list of available linux-image-2.6 metapackages, run: + + $ apt-cache search linux-image-2.6- | grep -v transition + +If you are unsure about which package to select, run 'uname -r' and look for +a package with a similar name. For example, if you see '2.4.27-3-686', +it is recommended that you install linux-image-2.6-686. You may also use +apt-cache to see a long description of each package in order to help choose +the best one available. For example: + + $ apt-cache show linux-image-2.6-686 + +initrd-tools deprecated +----------------------- +initrd-tools is no longer supported and has been superseded by initramfs-tools +and yaird. Upgrading to an etch kernel will cause initramfs-tools to be +installed by default. If you are upgrading from a 2.4 kernel to a 2.6 kernel +for the first time, you must use initramfs-tools. yaird will cause +linux-image-2.6 installations to fail when running on a 2.2 or 2.4 kernel. + <arch=!hppa,!amd64> 2.2/2.4 Linux kernels no longer supported ----------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Kernel-svn-changes mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel-svn-changes
