Hi The current intrepid test releases will not boot on machines with Via C3 CPUs. At boot the message:
"This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU: cmov Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU." is given. It appears that the kernel now requires the 'cmov' instruction. If i understand right this is a i686 instruction. Has it been officially decided to drop support for older CPUs? I guess there would be benefits for optimising for newer CPUs, but I have not seen anything announced. This has been reported as bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/254453 , but I think it warrants community discussion. Maybe it is time to split i386 and i686 into separate ubuntu versions. Maybe it is time for us folk with old CPUs to move to a more specialized distro. What should be considered obsolete (mini itx boards with C3s are still for sale http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=2 so if Via have stopped building them it can't have been long ago). Sam Tygier -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
