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

[Ben Schweikert <b.schweikert@googlemail.com>]

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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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