On 07/06/10 21:09, Chris Rowson wrote:
>>>> It is running the linux-generic-pae kernel. I wanted the server kernel
>>>> as I was worried that the generic one might have kernel preemption
>>>> turned on.
>>>>
>>>
>>> a...@wopr:~$ grep CONFIG_PREEMPT /boot/config-2.6.32-22-generic
>>> CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS=y
>>> # CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE is not set
>>> CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=y
>>> # CONFIG_PREEMPT is not set
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Al.
>>>
>>
>> Ah, not good for a server then! I wonder why this has been installed
>> when I selected a server install then ?!
>>
>> Chris
>>
>
> Ah. In answer to my own question, it looks like the i386 server kernel
> was 'dropped' in Karmic.
>
> "Note that the i386-server flavour is being dropped. I can think of no
> good reason to continue to support a 32 bit server. The 32 bit
> -generic kernel ought to suffice for those headless implementations
> that have used the -server flavour in the past, such as home gateways.
> All of the -server unique settings can be made at runtime to a
> -generic{-pae} kernel, the most important of which are I/O and process
> scheduler settings."
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Specs/KarmicKernelFlavours
>
> Chris
>I guess that would make a bit of sense since pretty much all CPUs (if not all new CPUs) are 64-Bit capable. Presumably if it's mission critical then it's always an option to stick with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS on the server for another couple of years (by which time I presume the hardware would have been replaced with something newer or virtualised maybe?). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
