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

Toby Smithe toby.smithe at gmail.com
Fri Sep 22 22:39:41 BST 2006


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Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> 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.
> 

This leaves with the problem of what to change it to.
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