Re: [Documentation] Kernel choice in IPFire 3.x

[Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>]

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Hey,

I do not think that -rrf is quite intuitive.

 -Michael

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On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 17:22 +0100, Ben Schweikert wrote:
> What about Kernel-rrf? Reduced Range of functions?
> Ben
> 
> 
> 
> Am 20.01.2012 um 17:13 schrieb Michael Tremer <michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org>:
> 
> > Hey,
> > 
> > I think that is quite long, but actually when I was talking to Arne, he
> > came up with the following idea:
> > 
> > Why name the PAE-kernel kernel-PAE when PAE is only one of the features
> > it comes with and is the default one. It would be much better to call if
> > the default kernel. Nothing else.
> > 
> > That would imply that we need to rename the other version, which is a
> > bit hard to do, because I have not found a simply and cheesy name that
> > is to the point. Any suggestions?
> > 
> > -Michael
> > 
> > On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 14:12 +0100, Daniel Weismüller wrote:
> >> Hi
> >> 
> >> Why you just name it "without-PAE"
> >> 
> >> Daniel
> >> 
> >> Am 19.01.2012 12:46, schrieb Michael Tremer:
> >>> Hey Daniel,
> >>> 
> >>> thank you for your reply.
> >>> 
> >>> Do you have any suggestion for the name of the "default" kernel?
> >>> 
> >>> I think it is not that bad because that kernel runs by "default" on any
> >>> i686 box. But there may be better names around.
> >>> 
> >>> Michael
> >>> 
> >>> P.S. Make sure you reply to Arne and Ben as well, because they have not
> >>> subscribed to this list.
> >>> 
> >>> On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 08:32 +0100, Daniel Weismüller wrote:
> >>>> Hi!
> >>>> Good work at all. I think it is easy to understand why it is necessary
> >>>> to use different kernels.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Only one point. In my opinion it is a bad choice to name the "i686
> >>>> non-pae kernel" "default kernel" because it isn't our default kernel for
> >>>> the i686 architecture.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Daniel
> >>>> 
> >>>> Am 18.01.2012 23:12, schrieb Michael Tremer:
> >>>>> Hello you 2,
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> I would like you to review the documentation I have written about the
> >>>>> kernel choice in IPFire 3.x at http://wiki.ipfire.org/devel/kernels.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> We should just briefly write down why we decided to do things in this
> >>>>> way and I want to make sure that I did not get anything wrong or missed
> >>>>> an important reason.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>   -Michael
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> P.S. Please make sure to reply to the list as well.
> >>>>> 
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