On Jan 9, 2011, at 10:31 AM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote: > At Sun, 09 Jan 2011 09:31:19 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > >> >> >> Hi List, >> just doing my weekly yum update and noticed that the kernel is >> designated .i686 but the headers package is .i386?? >> surely the headers should match the kernel geometry that it was compiled >> for? >> confused. > > The headers package contains no compiled code -- it only contains > source code (.h files). As such it is processor netural. It really > could be '.noarch', but the version of rpmbuild shipped with CentOS 5.5 > does not allow the creation of .noarch sub-packages packages. > > The kernel itself is optimized for the i686 processor. It is possible > to custom build a kernel for the i586, i486, or i386 if you really have > a processor that old. Thanks I like to learn and this helps. > >> TIA >> Rob >> >> >> begin:vcard >> fn:Rob Kampen >> n:Kampen;Rob >> org:Keller Williams Classic Realty >> adr:;;13019 Water Point Blvd;Windermere;FL;34786;USA >> email;internet:rkampen at reaching-clients.com >> tel;work:407-876-4108 >> tel;fax:407-876-3591 >> tel;home:407-876-4854 >> tel;cell:407-341-3815 >> note:LCAM & CPM Candidate >> url:www.robkampen.com >> version:2.1 >> end:vcard >> >> >> MIME-Version: 1.0 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> > > -- > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / heller at deepsoft.com > Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ > () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail > /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos