@Explorer09,
I hope this is not considered too much "off-topic".
The following is just my opinion and nothing else: each user should customize UBCD / CPUStress and use whichever kernel see fit for each situation.
One way to provide more options would be to have CPUStress (initrd + append boot options) together with several pmagic kernels:
_ bzimage_i586(x32-nonSMP-nonPAE)
_ bzimage_i686(x32-SMP-PAE)
_ bzimage64
Since PMagic keeps updating the kernel between its frequent releases, this would be one way (for users) to keep CPUStress tests updated and covering different hardware (old and new).
UBCD releases are much less frequent than PMagic and than new hardware (CPUs). The utility of having PMagic, bootable on a broader range of hardware, surpasses the general utility of hardware burn-in tests.
This is the reason why I see fit, for the official (and relatively infrequent) releases of UBCD, to use PMagic_i586. In fact, as I already mentioned, my opinion is that no version of PMagic should be included but a script only, reducing the size of UBCD to a third and "forcing" the user to customize it according to his needs. Running simple scripts already included in UBCD is not difficult, and any potential user that attempts to use any of the programs included in UBCD should be able to execute them. If a user is not capable of running the scripts, then he should be better not using UBCD at all.
Since PMagic is frequently updated, the customization with newer PMagic releases in whichever variant (i586 or dual x32/x64) is the best path, IMHO. A clear help text regarding the usage of CPUStress with different kernels (supporting different hardware) could be helpful for final users.
To be clear, in the current releases of UBCD, there is no ready-made script to update PMagic. I hope this changes in future releases (but such interesting and important discussion is off-topic here).
I hope this is not considered too much "off-topic".
The following is just my opinion and nothing else: each user should customize UBCD / CPUStress and use whichever kernel see fit for each situation.
One way to provide more options would be to have CPUStress (initrd + append boot options) together with several pmagic kernels:
_ bzimage_i586(x32-nonSMP-nonPAE)
_ bzimage_i686(x32-SMP-PAE)
_ bzimage64
Since PMagic keeps updating the kernel between its frequent releases, this would be one way (for users) to keep CPUStress tests updated and covering different hardware (old and new).
UBCD releases are much less frequent than PMagic and than new hardware (CPUs). The utility of having PMagic, bootable on a broader range of hardware, surpasses the general utility of hardware burn-in tests.
This is the reason why I see fit, for the official (and relatively infrequent) releases of UBCD, to use PMagic_i586. In fact, as I already mentioned, my opinion is that no version of PMagic should be included but a script only, reducing the size of UBCD to a third and "forcing" the user to customize it according to his needs. Running simple scripts already included in UBCD is not difficult, and any potential user that attempts to use any of the programs included in UBCD should be able to execute them. If a user is not capable of running the scripts, then he should be better not using UBCD at all.
Since PMagic is frequently updated, the customization with newer PMagic releases in whichever variant (i586 or dual x32/x64) is the best path, IMHO. A clear help text regarding the usage of CPUStress with different kernels (supporting different hardware) could be helpful for final users.
To be clear, in the current releases of UBCD, there is no ready-made script to update PMagic. I hope this changes in future releases (but such interesting and important discussion is off-topic here).