On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 12:54:31PM +0300, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: > > What about idea not to *add* pae versions of xen kernels, but to *replace* > non-pae versions with pae versions? > > Rationale: > > - not increase in archive size or linux-2.6 package build time, > > - this will improve compatimility with other distros (consider scenario > when running FC or RHEL in domU; these distros do ship only pae xen > kernels, according to > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-xen-devel/2006-December/000998.html) >
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraXenQuickstartFC6 "Any x86_64, or ia64 CPU is supported for running para-virtualized guests. To run i386 guests requires a CPU with the PAE extension." So FC6 is PAE only, and latest update to FC5 also switched to PAE xen kernel. RHEL5 will be PAE only too. I don't know what Suse uses.. -- Pasi > - pae kernels are ok for any x86 machines; slowdown caused by enabling pae > on machines with less than 3.%G of memory, if any at all, is hardly > measurable on machines where using xen makes sence (anyone using xen on > Pentium-I with 128M of ram?) > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]