Re: your mail

[Dave Jones]

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

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 Dave Jones     http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
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