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

Matt Zimmerman mdz at ubuntu.com
Fri Sep 22 22:15:37 BST 2006


On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 09:17:02PM +0100, Toby Smithe wrote:
> Surely also the kernel in its current state would not be usable (would
> it even work?) on i386; as for i486. The name is just a convention,
> showing the lowest common denominator. I don't think it matters.

It is ambiguous, and does not reflect the purpose of that kernel (both
kernels work on the same CPU variants), so I do think it should be changed,
though for slightly different reasons.

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 - mdz



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