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-rw-r--r--perl-install/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--perl-install/detect_devices.pm2
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/NEWS b/perl-install/NEWS
index 915f4bf8a..8e7dfc310 100644
--- a/perl-install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- desktop kernels are now PAE, for PTI security fixes to work properly,
+ so if cpu is not supporting it, install the desktop586 kernel
+
Version 18.7 - 27 Nov 2018
- drakdm: fix DM preference when none is selected (don't default to XDM)
diff --git a/perl-install/detect_devices.pm b/perl-install/detect_devices.pm
index b2a9b03f7..924f88325 100644
--- a/perl-install/detect_devices.pm
+++ b/perl-install/detect_devices.pm
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ sub is_i586() {
my $cpuinfo = cat_('/proc/cpuinfo');
$cpuinfo =~ /^cpu family\s*:\s*(\d+)/m && $1 < 6 ||
$cpuinfo =~ /^model name\s*:\s*Transmeta.* TM5800/m || # mdvbz#37866
- !has_cpu_flag('cmov');
+ !has_cpu_flag('cmov') || !has_cpu_flag('pae');
}
sub is_arm_openrd_client() {