Bug#214441: debian-installer: should suggest a sane default kernel
Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.cmu.edu> writes:
> On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 04:04:22PM -0700, Andre Lehovich wrote:
> > On 6 Oct 2003, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> > > I guess the best choice (unless one has very good reasons) would be
> > > the currently running kernel. We know that that one _is_ working.
> >
> > Doesn't the installer kernel have many drivers (e.g.
> > audio) removed to keep it small?
>
> It does have many drivers compiled as modules, but it's not
> specific to the installer.
>
> > > Type of pu is easy. Number of cpus is tricky. Unless you use a SMP
> > > enabled kernel you don't see the extra cpus in /proc/cpuinfo.
> >
> > Is there a reason not to use an SMP kernel in the installer?
> > I've never tried to see if it works on uniprocessor
> > machines.
>
> They work, but are bigger and slower on uniprocessor machines,
> which are more common.
Can one actually compile a normal kernel with 486 _and_ SMP support or
is that only available for 686+?
Maybe we could patch the kernel to include the CPU counting code and
just the CPU counting code. Figuring out how many CPUs one has
shouldn't be that much code.
MfG
Goswin
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