Re: Sarge, kernel-image, and i586-SMP
On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 03:28:47PM -0400, Steaphan Greene wrote:
> I've been frustrated for a while by the fact that debian doesn't seem to
> have a kernel to support my router (which is a dual pentium-MMX)
> out-of-the-box. I also notice that this seems to still be true (so far)
> for sarge. While it is no big deal to roll my own kernel with
> make-kpkg, it is really a pain to do so every time a new fault is found
> with the kernel - which has happened a lot lately.
>
> Is there a reason why SMP support is only included for 686 and AMD
> processors? Am I missing something? Is there something I can do to
> help change this for sarge? Any info would be appreciated.
While this thread seems to drift into all kinds of silliness let's
return to the real question.
Except for a longer build time there's no real reason to not support
SMP for pentium-class cpus. Please fill a wishlist bug against the
kernel package so this is archived, but I can't guarantee this will
still happen for sarge.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Steaphan Greene <sgreene@cs.binghamton.edu>
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