On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 03:55:03PM -0000, Ben Collins wrote: > I'd pretty much prefer not to standardize on -686. I'm considering > changing the name of -386 to -generic. Mainly because people hardly ever > keep -386 on their computer because they think -686 will work so much > better, when that isn't the case. For Most desktop users (read, any user > with one core/cpu) should be using the -386(/-generic) kernel. There's > not much benefit from the -686 kernel for UP systems (there never was, > not even when -686 was a UP kernel). > > We should standardize on the stock -386(/-generic) kernel.
If -386 is intended for most systems, and -686 for SMP systems, we should name them "generic" and "smp". We should standardize on a kernel which supports multiprocessor/multicore systems, as they are becoming very common in desktops. > My question is, why is ubuntu-desktop depending on kernel headers > anyway? Is it because of things like vmware, or just for convenience? It's for building kernel modules, as discussed extensively on -devel. -- - mdz -- Edgy ubuntu-desktop depends on linux-headers-686 https://launchpad.net/bugs/56141 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
