[manjaro-dev] Netbook Edition special kernel

[Philip Müller]

Please write me an release announcement if you plan to put out another 
one with Manjaro 0.8.9rc1 we plan to release this weekend ...

Am 23.01.2014 08:22, schrieb Rob McCathie:
> Hi Phil (and everyone),
>
> I see an announcement was made about community edition preview
> releases, including the Netbook edition. Great! :D
>
> Just one thing, where it reads:
> "Kernel: Netbook optimised kernel (for Intel Atom only) based on Ma..."
>
> It should say something like:
> "Kernel: Netbook optimised kernel (i686 only, for Intel Atom only)
> based on Ma..."
>
> Since I don't (at this stage) offer the netbook kernel for x86_64.
>
> @Everyone:
> The reason I don't offer it is because upstream still regards it as
> "not tested nor supported"[1], and I can't physically test such a
> kernel myself as my netbook has an earlier Intel Atom that is 32bit
> only.
>
> Does anyone have a newer Atom based netbook (like an Atom ~N450 or
> newer) and is willing to test it for me?
>
> (Really though I don't think it's a big deal as yet, IMO any system
> with <=2GB RAM should use 32bit anyway, even if their CPU supports
> 64bit. There should probably be a note saying that i686 is generally
> recommended for most netbooks.)
>
>
> [1] https://code.google.com/p/kernel-netbook/wiki/HowTo_Build_X86_64_unsupported
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