[K12OSN] SL 6 no cmov support in kernel

Kent Schumacher kent at structural-wood.com
Wed Feb 22 21:16:52 UTC 2012



On 02/22/2012 02:52 PM, Support list for open source software in 
schools. wrote:
> On 02/22/2012 07:19 AM, Barry Cisna wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Just wanted to report this somewhat unknown non-available feature in
>> default kernel in SL6. When trying to boot the Ebox 2300 TC's we have we
>> receive this when PXE starts to run on the TC and then stops.
>> "This kernel requires the following features not present on the cpu.
>> cmov".
>
> Actually it is the other way around. The i686 kernel uses the cmov
> instruction which the the CPU doesn't have. This means your CPU probably
> isn't at least a i686 (ex: old Via Samuel cores etc.)
>
> Old distributions that have old i386 or possibly i586 kernels are
> probably your best bet if you need to support the hardware.
>
> Jeff
>
ltsp-build-client --release 11 will create an LTSP client setup that can 
boot older i386 terminals.




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