CONFIG_M486=y in linux-image-2.6.17-8-386_2.6.17-8.22_i386.deb ?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 03:13:07PM +0800, Steven Shiau wrote:
> The kernel in Ubuntu 6.10-alpha3 now is named as:
> linux-image-2.6.17-8-386_2.6.17-8.22_i386.deb
> >From the name, it's for i386 arch.
> However, when checking its config file /boot/config-2.6.17-8-386,
> actually it's
> ----------------
> # grep CONFIG_M486=y config-2.6.17-8-386
> CONFIG_M486=y
> ----------------
> 
> I noticed that in Debian Etch, the kernel is named as
> linux-image-2.6.16-2-486_2.6.16-18_i386.deb
> There is a "486", not "386", to show this is for i486 arch.
> 
> Is that possible we can see the similar naming, i.e.
> linux-image-2.6.17-8-486_2.6.17-8.22_i386.deb
> instead of
> "linux-image-2.6.17-8-386_2.6.17-8.22_i386.deb"
> in Edgy when it's released ?

Changing the name of the kernel requires corresponding changes in several
other parts of the system, such as the installer, and a transition for users
with the old package installed.  Edgy is being stabilized for release, and
it would not be appropriate to introduce this type of change now, as the
benefit would be negligible.

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 - mdz