Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 8 Nov 2000 00:51:24 +0100 (CET) | From | Sven Koch <> | Subject | Re: Installing kernel 2.4 |
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On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, David Lang wrote:
> depending on what CPU you have the kernel (and compiler) can use different > commands/opmizations/etc, if you want to do this on boot you have two > options.
Wouldn't it be possible to compile the parts of the kernel needed to uncompress and to detect the cpu with lower optimizations and then abort with an error message?
"Error: Kernel needs a PIII" sounds much better than just stoping dead.
c'ya sven
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