hi guys, you will know better what kernels you need :)
Regards, Phill. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Leann Ogasawara <leann.ogasaw...@canonical.com> Date: 14 March 2012 18:01 Subject: Re: [RFC] Drop Non-smp PowerPC Kernel Flavor To: Colin Watson <cjwat...@ubuntu.com> Cc: kernel-team <kernel-t...@lists.ubuntu.com>, lubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com, ubuntu-devel <ubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com> On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 17:00 +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 09:52:01AM -0700, Leann Ogasawara wrote: > > The Ubuntu Kernel Team has been evaluating some of the current > > maintenance burdens for the upcoming Precise Pangolin 12.04 LTS release. > > One area which would reduce the maintenance costs would be to drop the > > non-smp PowerPC kernel flavor. There are currently three PowerPC > > flavors: > > Making the associated installer changes shouldn't be a big deal, but I > suggest you ask the Xubuntu and Lubuntu communities about this since a > good proportion of powerpc users are there. Adding lubuntu-users and Julien Lavergne to the discussion to get their feedback regarding the impact on Lubuntu users. As Micah noted, Xubuntu stopped producing PowerPC images due to a lack of testers. > > * non-smp (linux-image-powerpc) > > * smp (linux-image-powerpc-smp) > > * smp-64 (linux-image-powerpc64-smp) > > It's not clear to me whether it would make more sense to drop -powerpc > or -powerpc-smp. My memory is that -powerpc-smp was significantly less > used and would be a better candidate for removal. Do you have notes on > which hardware is covered by -powerpc-smp that can't use -powerpc64-smp? > > -- > Colin Watson [cjwat...@ubuntu.com] > -- Lubuntu-users mailing list lubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users -- <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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