No, it means that the CPus need to have support for PAE, it's independent of the memory. Also, the range of hardware affected is not so clear, see the thread on ubuntu-devel. I already answered that depending of the list of hardware affected, it could be a big support drop for Lubuntu.
Regards, Julien Lavergne On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:44:20 +0000 Michael Rawson <[email protected]> wrote: > If I understand right, this will only affect those on said machines IF they > have ~4GB RAM. Which is unlikely, considering they have Pentium IIs. > > But I agree, we should keep the old kernels for a bit longer. But then we > throw a dilemma, where we don't get new kernels. Unless you want a kernel > developer for Lubuntu. > > On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:39:02 +0100 > 神癒礁湖 (Rafael Laguna) <[email protected]> wrote: > > > But there're Lubuntu users on Pentium II and similar machines. In fact > > they're happy an OS can handle those "trashy" computers and make them > > useable. > > > > Will this affect those users? > > > > > > > > <http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/> <http://www.lubuntu.net/> > > > > > > > > 2011/11/18 Julien Lavergne <[email protected]> > > > > > I forgot to forward this mail from ubuntu-devel, it may have an impact on > > > Lubuntu since we shared the same kernel. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Julien Lavergne > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > > > Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:43:28 -0700 > > > From: Tim Gardner <[email protected]> > > > To: Ubuntu Kernel Team <[email protected]>, > > > [email protected] > > > Subject: Dropping i386 non-PAE as a supported kernel flavour in Precise > > > Pangolin > > > > > > > > > Per discussion at UDS the kernel team is proposing to drop the non-PAE > > > i386 flavour. The upgrade path for non-PAE users will be the PAE kernel. > > > Those CPUs that do not have i686 and PAE support will be orphaned. To > > > the best of my knowledge, these include Intel CPUs prior to Pentium II, > > > 400Mhz Pentium M, VIA C3, and Geode LX. As far as I know, there are no > > > laptop or desktop class CPUs being produced that do not meet these > > > minimum requirements. > > > > > > Before I do something that is difficult to revert, I would like to hear > > > from the development community why we should continue to maintain a > > > kernel flavour that is (in my opinion) getting increasingly low > > > utilization. It is my feeling that an extremely high percentage of users > > > of the non-PAE kernel have a CPU that is PAE capable. > > > > > > If there is sufficient community demand (and support), I would be > > > willing to sponsor the first non-PAE kernel upload to Universe. > > > > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Specs/PreciseKernelConfigReview > > > > > > We'll be conducting a similar survey for powerpc. > > > > > > rtg > > > > > > P.S. For those of you that are totally confused by this email, PAE > > > (Physical Address Extension) was an addition to 32 bit x86 CPUs that > > > allowed them to address more then 4GB physical memory. > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension > > > -- > > > Tim Gardner [email protected] > > > > > > -- > > > ubuntu-devel mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Julien Lavergne <[email protected]> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > > > Post to : [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > -- > Michael Rawson <[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Julien Lavergne <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
