Re: your mail

Dave Jones
2003-09-30T13:31:41Z

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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