On 11/08/2009 01:57 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [opensuse-factory] Kernel clarification Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:37:08 +1100 From: Basil Chupin
To: opensuse-factory@opensuse.org On 08/11/09 06:54, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
On Saturday 07 November 2009 03:06:19 Basil Chupin wrote:
Forgot to mention: the CPU is AMD XP 3200+, 1.5GB RAM, 2x 500GB HDs,
The desktop kernel needs AFAIR PAE support, I'm not sure your CPU has it - that might be the reason for the installation of the default one.
In general: kernel-desktop runs on "newer" hardware only, kernel-default runs also on some older,
Andreas
Thanks for this Andreas, but then the puzzlement deepens because in 11.1 the pae kernel was installed on my computer. See the attached menu.lst.
I don't have earlier versions of oS installed on HDs so cannot check but I seem to recall the the pae kernel was also installed by at least one other earlier version of oS.
I also remember "fiddling" with a copy of the kernel in 11.1 to compile my own which had the (?some of the) qualities now in the desktop kernel eg,the Timer Frequency set to 1000Hz.
Am I wrong or isn't it the situation that if the kernel is compiled with parameters selected but which, in fact, are not available in the CPU then the kernel still does its job and uses those which ARE available? That is, it doesn't have a hernia, throw up its hands and runs off screaming into the distance :-) .
No, that's exactly what happens. It examines the CPU feature set and gives up if features aren't available. In the case of PAE, it is because PAE requires 3 level page tables and non-PAE requires 2 level page tables. They can't currently coexist. -Jeff -- Jeff Mahoney SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org