[Pkg-xen-devel] Re: Bug#415972: No xen kernel image for k7 anymore!

[dann frazier]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 03:56:39PM +0100, Ralph Passgang wrote:
> Package: linux-source-2.6
> Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11
> Severity: important
> Tag: etch
> 
> With 2.6.18-4 Debian switched from non-pae to pae-only xen kernels. This means 
> that xen is not useable anymore for many users, which were able to use 
> non-pae kernels without a problem for a long time till now.

Actually they did have a problem:
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=399113

> Dear debian-kernel-team, please rethink your position of pae-only xen kernels 
> and reupload at least a working k7 kernel image again. Just having pae 
> kernels in the archive is a very unwise decision. For me there is no 
> technical reason for not shipping standard images without pae...

A fix for the above bug is necessary (waldi would have to say whether
it is sufficient) to add non-pae images to the build.

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dann frazier