[CentOS] CentOs 7 i386 & PAE Kernel

[Mike McTernan (wavemobile)]

On 3/6/19 1:28 PM,  Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On 3/6/19 6:26 AM, Mike McTernan (wavemobile) wrote:
> > On 3/5/19 5:48 PM,  Johnny Hughes wrote:

<snip>
 
> > Last question, if I may - Is there any specific reason why an i686 PAE
> > kernel built from the main RHEL sources isn't in the AltArch i386 os- repo?
> >
> > Notably CentOS 6 provided both non-PAE and PAE 32-bit kernels, and
> > it's that step from CentOS 6 32-bit PAE onto CentOS 7 32-bit which
> > made me stumble, but okay now.
> 
> The only reason is .. it is not included in the mainline RHEL 7 kernel source
> code.

Ah - I guess since mainline RHEL 7 is only 64-bit on x86 now, it doesn't have to worry about PAE vs non-PAE kernels.

...
> I have no objections trying to make PAE work with that kernel .. Patches
> accepted :D
> 
> https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=6828

So with what I know now (thank you!) I recon the mainline 4.14 is probably a better tested path for a 32-bit x86 PAE kernel, rather than starting at RHEL 7.  And since you are already building that kernel it's good news all round :-)

Kind Regards,

Mike
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