Re: Installing kernel 2.4

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>]

Sven Koch wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, David Lang wrote:
> 
> > depending on what CPU you have the kernel (and compiler) can use different
> > commands/opmizations/etc, if you want to do this on boot you have two
> > options.
> 
> Wouldn't it be possible to compile the parts of the kernel needed to
> uncompress and to detect the cpu with lower optimizations and then abort
> with an error message?
> 
> "Error: Kernel needs a PIII" sounds much better than just stoping dead.

I agree...   maybe we can solve this simply by giving the CPU detection
module the -march=i386 flag hardcoded, or editing the bootstrap, or
something like that...

	Jeff



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