Bug#629492: cdrom: Installing on dual-processor PowerPC system (ex. QuickSilver PowerMac G4) installs non-SMP kernel

[Andrew Peng <pengc99@gmail.com>]

Package: cdrom
Severity: important
Tags: d-i


Installing a fresh base system on a dual processor PowerPC system, such as in my case a QuickSilver PowerMac G4 with dual 800MHz CPU's will fail SMP detection and instead install a non-SMP kernel by default.

Installing the SMP kernel metapackage after the system install is done detects the dual-processor configuration normally.

Here is the system immediately after installation:
pengc99@baccus:~$ uname -r
2.6.32-5-powerpc
pengc99@baccus:~$

Now install the SMP kernel:
root@baccus:~# apt-get install linux-image-powerpc-smp
root@baccus:~# apt-get install linux-image-powerpc-smp
<!-- lots of installing stuff here --!>
root@baccus:~#

Now reboot and check kernel:
root@baccus:~# uname -r
2.6.32-5-powerpc-smp
root@baccus:~#

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash