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x86 32 bit architecture only

If during system installation you enabled encryption on the boot device, the
following message will be logged during system boot

padlock: VIA PadLock not detected.

This message is harmless and can be safely ignored.

This release note is now in the 5.3 Release Notes.
The changes should be visible internally (within 12 hours) on:
http://documentation-stage.bne.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.3/html/Release_Notes/

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@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-x86 32 bit architecture only
+If encryption is enabled on the boot device during system installation, the following message will be logged during system boot:
 
-If during system installation you enabled encryption on the boot device, the
-following message will be logged during system boot
-
 padlock: VIA PadLock not detected.
 
-This message is harmless and can be safely ignored.+This message can safely be ignored.

Since this is release noted and of low priority, I'm closing it out. 

The release note should just remain in the ongoing RHEL5 doc.

Can't this be fixed? Why it was closed as wontfix? 

I'm still seeing this error message when my system boots.