Feature changed by: Rajko Matovic (rajko_m) Feature #310996, revision 3 Title: Non-PAE versions of kernels - openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed + openSUSE Distribution: Rejected by Rajko Matovic (rajko_m) + reject reason: In 2010 is not many machines left that have problem with + PAE, and very soon there will be even lesser. This feature is filed + under Distribution, so it refers to future needs of distro and support + for very old hardware (10 or more years old) is not possible. Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Corey Mwamba (epicurious) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: In openSUSE 11.0, when kernels were packaged, the developers used a - pae flag to show that the kernel had PAE enabled, so if I wanted a realtime kernel I could choose between kernel-rt and kernel-rtpae. Now (from 11.2 up) it seems that all the kernels have PAE enabled, except kernel-default; and they are not marked as such, so kernel-rt STILL has PAE enabled. Although PAE is great for newer hardware, some chipsets are not compatible, which leads to a system not being able to boot. A user with an old computer would not be able to use the distribution. So this is really a plea to kernel developers and packagers to build non-PAE versions of the kernels; and to use the appropriate suffixes when naming them. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310996