Re: kernel-devel-i586

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ons 2007-03-21 klockan 09:25 -0700 skrev John Poelstra:
> If I am running the a i686 kernel, why do I get a kernel-devel with i586 in the name?  My guess is it doesn't matter, but wondering why they aren't the same?
> 
> #uname -a
> Linux hostname 2.6.20-1.2925.fc6 #1 SMP Sat Mar 10 19:15:16 EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

I'm not sure you can trust the output of uname to tell you what kernel
you're running. I seem to recall it being i686 even on an i586 kernel,
if the CPU is i686. Or am I wrong?

More info about why you'd get an i586 kernel and a fix for the problem
here:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/FC6Common#head-e0676100ebd965b92fbaa7111097983a3822f143

/abo


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