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  • Bug#266604: debian-installer: Could have installed 586 kernel on Pentiu

    From thijs@1:229/2 to All on Wed Aug 18 14:30:13 2004
    XPost: linux.debian.maint.boot
    From: [email protected]

    Package: debian-installer
    Severity: wishlist

    I've installed Sarge using d-i RC1 on an old Pentium (I) system.
    Everything went fine, which is good! There's one minor thing though: the installed kernel was a 386-kernel, while it could have installed the
    586-kernel image package. Might it be a good idea that the installer
    detects the processor type and selects a "better" kernel-image more suited/optimized to the specific capabilities?

    -- System Information:
    Debian Release: 3.1
    APT prefers testing
    APT policy: (500, 'testing')
    Architecture: i386 (i586)
    Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-1-586tsc
    Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C


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  • From Rob Bradford@1:229/2 to thijs on Wed Aug 18 16:00:10 2004
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    On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 02:13:07PM +0200, thijs wrote:
    Package: debian-installer
    Severity: wishlist

    I've installed Sarge using d-i RC1 on an old Pentium (I) system.
    Everything went fine, which is good! There's one minor thing though: the installed kernel was a 386-kernel, while it could have installed the 586-kernel image package. Might it be a good idea that the installer
    detects the processor type and selects a "better" kernel-image more suited/optimized to the specific capabilities?

    Examining [1] the base-installer package code shows that the installer
    does indeed choose an optimised kernel in some situations. However unfortunately the resources are not available to build a kernel for each possible variant. Since i686/athlon variants are the commonest, a kernel version is produced for them.

    I'm sorry that we are unable to provide an kernel optimised for i586.

    Cheers,

    Rob

    [1] http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/svn/debian-installer/packages/base-installer/debian/postinst
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    Rob 'robster' Bradford
    http://robster.org.uk


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  • From Thijs Kinkhorst@1:229/2 to Rob Bradford on Wed Aug 18 16:50:10 2004
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    On Wed, August 18, 2004 15:45, Rob Bradford said:
    Examining [1] the base-installer package code shows that the installer
    does indeed choose an optimised kernel in some situations. However unfortunately the resources are not available to build a kernel for each possible variant. Since i686/athlon variants are the commonest, a kernel version is produced for them.

    I'm sorry that we are unable to provide an kernel optimised for i586.

    I understand, thanks.


    Thijs



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