Bug#214441: debian-installer: should suggest a sane default kernel

[Thomas Poindessous <thomas@poindessous.com>]

On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 09:16:32AM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote:
> > I found the reference :
> > 
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200211/msg02903.html
> > 
> > I will test it during this week. Please remember me if I don't.
> 
> That says it works with an SMP kernel but not with a non-SMP
> kernel.

I did some tests.

On a smp system ( 2xPIII ) :

- bf24 from woody netinstall : dmesg | grep Processors doesn't work.
- mandrake 9.1 with uniproc kernel : dmesg | grep Processors returns
  "Processors: 2" and /proc/cpuinfo indicates only one processor.
 
Now, since mandrake's kernel is heavily patched, maybe it's a feature
from a patch.

The config-2.4.21-0.13mdk is in this rpm file :
ftp://speakeasy.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/9.1/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/kernel-2.4.21.0.13mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm

I will try to test with the latest kernel from sid.

-- 
Thomas Poindessous