Features/ArchitectureSupport - changing what we build for

Bill Nottingham notting at redhat.com
Fri Jan 30 21:36:30 UTC 2009


Robert Scheck (robert at fedoraproject.org) said: 
> > If the hw is capable of doing so (ie any "modern" cpu)
> 
> Means that anaconda and yum will examine /proc/cpuinfo for example and look
> for CPU flags and decide on that? And how will other updaters/installers as
> e.g. smart/apt handle that? Or will we get this checks directly into RPM?

The 'choosing the best kernel' logic has always been outside the
package manager, dating back to the days of a separate SMP kernel.

Bill




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