diff --git a/package-descriptions b/package-descriptions deleted file mode 100644 index 5138f2ef4..000000000 --- a/package-descriptions +++ /dev/null @@ -1,123 +0,0 @@ -# Descriptions of the binary kernel packages. The format is -# -# === === -# Summary (single line) -# -# Long description (multiple -# lines) -# -# Descriptions of the -base and -extra subpackages are derived from the -# main descriptions. - -=== kernel-debug === -A Debug Version of the Kernel - -This kernel has several debug facilities enabled that hurt performance. -Only use this kernel when investigating problems. - -=== kernel-default === -The Standard Kernel - -The standard kernel for both uniprocessor and multiprocessor systems. - -=== kernel-desktop === -Kernel optimized for the desktop - -This kernel is optimized for the desktop. It is configured for lower latency -and has many of the features that aren't usually used on desktop machines -disabled. - -%ifarch %ix86 -This kernel supports up to 64GB of main memory. It requires Physical -Addressing Extensions (PAE), which were introduced with the Pentium Pro -processor. - -PAE is not only more physical address space but also important for the -"no execute" feature which disables execution of code that is marked as -non-executable. Therefore, the PAE kernel should be used on any systems -that support it, regardless of the amount of main memory. -%endif - -=== kernel-kdump === -kernel for kdump - -This kernel is intended for kdump. It can not be booted with a normal -bootloader, the kexec tool has to be used to load it. Once the system -crashes, the loaded kernel will be started to grab debug info from the -crashed kernel. - -=== kernel-net === -Minimal kernel with disk and net support - -This kernel carries only networking and disk drivers to fit into the -standard Sun OpenBoot download buffer, and is intended for the -initial install and rescue mode only. - -=== kernel-pae === -Kernel with PAE Support - -This kernel supports up to 64GB of main memory. It requires Physical -Addressing Extensions (PAE), which were introduced with the Pentium Pro -processor. - -PAE is not only more physical address space but also important for the -"no execute" feature which disables execution of code that is marked as -non-executable. Therefore, the PAE kernel should be used on any systems -that support it, regardless of the amount of main memory. - -=== kernel-ppc64 === -Kernel for ppc64 Systems - -This package contains the kernel for: - -IBM pSeries 64bit machines IBM iSeries 64bit machines Apple G5 machines -Sony Playstation 3 - -The boot file is /boot/vmlinux. - -The home page of the ppc64 project is http://www.penguinppc.org/ - -=== kernel-ps3 === -kernel for ps3 bootloader - -This package contains the kernel for the PS3 bootloader. PS3 systems -only have 4MB of flash memory for the bootloader, so this kernel needs -to be as small as possible and is _not_ meant to be installed in the -final system. - -=== kernel-s390 === -The Standard Kernel - -The standard kernel. - -=== kernel-trace === -The Standard Kernel with Tracing Features - -This kernel has different tracing features enabled (e.g. utrace, ftrace). - -=== kernel-vanilla === -The Standard Kernel - without any SUSE patches - -The standard kernel - without any SUSE patches - -=== kernel-xen === -The Xen Kernel - -The Linux kernel for Xen paravirtualization. - -This kernel can be used both as the domain0 ("xen0") and as an -unprivileged ("xenU") kernel. - -=== kernel-ec2 === -The Amazon EC2 Xen Kernel - -The Linux kernel for Xen paravirtualization. - -This kernel can only be used both as an unprivileged ("xenU") -kernel (for Amazon EC2). - -=== kernel-vmi === -VMI-enabled kernel - -The Linux Kernel designed to run on top of a virtual machine -interface layer (VMI).