[CentOS] 3.8 update/x86_64 kernel?

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Mon Aug 28 16:02:39 UTC 2006


On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 17:40 +0200, Tru Huynh wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 05:06:30PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> > After updating a very old x86_64 3.x install to 3.8 it still
> > has kernel-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL.  Then if I repeat the
> > yum update command, it offers to install kernel 2.4.21-47.EL.ia32e.
> > 
> > Neither of these situations seems quite right.
> 
> What is your cpu? (/proc/cpuinfo)
> What does rpm think is your architecture?
> (rpm --showrc| head)

---- cpuinfo --
The machines are ibm eserver 336's with 64-bit xeon's:
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 15
model           : 4
model name      :                   Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 1
runqueue        : 0
stepping        : 8
cpu MHz         : 2800.251
cache size      : 0 KB
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 5
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm ferr syscall
lm sse3 monitor ds-cpl gv3 cnxt-id
bogomips        : 5583.66
clflush size    : 64
address sizes   : 0 bits physical, 0 bits virtual
power management:

(cpu 1 is the same)
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Rpm says:
ARCHITECTURE AND OS:
build arch            : x86_64
compatible build archs: ia32e x86_64 noarch
build os              : Linux
compatible build os's : linux
install arch          : ia32e
install os            : Linux
compatible archs      : ia32e x86_64 athlon noarch amd64 i686 i586 i486
i386
compatible os's       : linux

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> If you think it's a bug, please fill a report at http://bugs.centos.org

I think having ia32e in there is a bug, but I'm not sure where it
belongs.  It may be left from some old version of the installer.
What current x86_64 kernel should be installed and do you have any
suggestions on how to fix things?

-- 
 Les Mikesell
   lesmikesell at gmail.com





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