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Alan Bartlett <[log in to unmask]>
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Alan Bartlett <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:36:17 +0100
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On 15 April 2011 20:37, Brunner, Brian T. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> All my field hardware is non-PAE (AMD Geode LX800 => -march=586); as are
> many, if not most embedded and/or low-power targets.
> I'm running RH7.3 (pre-Fedora) because I need to hack the kernel source
> to support legacy hardware.

I still have my RH9 installation disks but no longer run the OS. Being
a person who is loath to make change just for the sake of it, my
pathway to the present was RH9 ---> EL5 ---> EL6.

> I would like (greatly) to see a non-PAE 32-bit 586-aware kernel
> available, and to be able to yum install full-kernel-source

The wish list gets longer!

Can I just clarify that Dag and I were musing about a non-PAE 32-bit
i686 kernel for SL6 . . . i586 may be possible.

Alan.

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