Basil Chupin wrote:
I have no problems with not having to compile another version of the kernel such as kernel-desktop if the same settings which were, and still are, in kernel-desktop were to be used in latest (for want of a better description) kernel-default.
As the 'Differences' I provided in that Suse Paste show, there is no reason why kernel-default should not use the settings used in kernel-desktop.
There is only one possibly significant difference - the kernel timer frequency (CONFIG_HZ_250/CONFIG_HZ_1000). I don't know the significane of this, but there are other timers available.
For years since kernel-desktop has been the "default" kernel installed in every release of openSUSE, nobody has complained of any negative effects of having this *-desktop installed, why then replace it with the *-default and its CONFIG settings?
Because they're virtually the same?
But having stated this, I wonder why there is no opposition to having to maintain and compile different kernels such as-
kernel-ec2
Specific purpose: Amazon Elastic Cloud.
kernel-pae (NOTE: this was dropped in v4.1.10-1 in 'Leap of Faith' RC1)
Specific purpose: access +4Gb on 32bit-only machines.
kernel-pv
Specific purpose: paravirtualized kernel for Xen DomU.
kernel-vanilla
The name should say it all, but otherwise it's the Linux kernel without open/SUSE patches.
kernel-xen?
The Xen Dom0 kernel. I would hazard a guess and say there's no opposition to those because they serve specific purposes. kernel-desktop doesn't seem to serve any purpose. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (3.9°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - your free DNS host, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org