From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261438AbTI3Nbl (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:31:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261459AbTI3Nbl (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:31:41 -0400 Received: from pix-525-pool.redhat.com ([66.187.233.200]:56119 "EHLO lacrosse.corp.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261438AbTI3Nbj (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:31:39 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:31:13 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: John Bradford Cc: Jamie Lokier , akpm@osdl.org, torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <20030930133113.GC23333@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , John Bradford , Jamie Lokier , akpm@osdl.org, torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200309300817.h8U8HGrf000881@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200309300817.h8U8HGrf000881@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 09:17:16AM +0100, John Bradford wrote: > Of course a kernel compiled strictly for 386s may seem to boot on an > Athlon but not work properly. So what? Just don't run the 'wrong' > kernel. Wrong answer. How do you intend to install Linux when a distro boot kernel is compiled for lowest-common-denominator (386), and is the 'wrong' kernel for an Athlon ? We hashed this argument out a week or so ago, it seems the message didn't get across. YOU CAN NOT DISABLE ERRATA WORKAROUNDS IN A KERNEL THAT MAY POSSIBLY BOOT ON HARDWARE THAT WORKAROUND IS FOR. clearer ? Dave -- Dave Jones http://www.codemonkey.org.uk