Ian Pilcher wrote:
I am setting up a fanless 1GB VIA C7 system to run Asterisk. (It also
has a 32GB SSD -- no moving parts at all!) By default anaconda uses the
i686 PAE kernel for this system, presumably because the C7 instruction
set qualifies it as an i686.
I can't think of any reason to use a PAE kernel on this system, so I'm
thinking of switching to the i586 kernel. Can anyone see any
disadvantage to making the switch?
I think it limits the size of application you can run, although a big
application would live mostly in swap and run slowly, and you're unlikely to do
that. I can't think of any big benefit, either, if saving a few bytes is an
issue you should build a custom kernel and cut out anything you don't need.
Any problem using the i686 versions of glibc, openssl, and any other
userspace packages?
No, I have both kernels on several machines and have booted them, at one point
the PAE would blank my display on boot and the non-PAE worked (but only used 3
of 8 GB RAM). That went away a while ago, but either will work.
If you think it will make a difference try it, it will boot and run.
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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