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Date:	Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:48:43 PST7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Kernel identification

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> >This seems to directly contradict a message I took off the ECS newsgroup,
> >from Oliver Rick, who runs the WarpUpdates site in Germany.

Steven replied:

>
> To understand this better, read some of the threads on the "merged
> kernels" and this implications of this.
>
> Keep in mind that all FP13+ kernels are based on same code base. The
> builds (W4, UNI and SMP) are slightly different based on intended use.
> This was not the case with FP12- kernels.

> Originally the UNI and SMP kernels were licensed only for WSeB. This did
> not mean that they would not work elsewhere. This is similar to the case
> with most OS/2 components. There are many more working combinations, than
> supported/licensed combinations.

But you're not implying that we can mix and match kernels (inadvertently, and avoiding the SMP ones,
lets say), without doing damage ? All that matters to me is that I can continue to use the _W4
kernels -- appropriately -- for eCS, rather than investigating the UNI ones.

Jordan

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