On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 13:50 +0000, joao.miguel.ferreira.19740720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello all, > > I'dd like to know what is an 'smp' kernel ? > Why are there 2 'smp' kernels and 2 'not smp' kernels in my /boot/ directory ? > > Thanks... > > jmf > SMP stands for "symmetrical multi-processing", or, in layman's terms having more then a single physical (or logical) processing core. (Or CPU). I assume that you have a Pentium 4 with HT (Hyper-threading) capability. (Which, in-order to improve performance, turns a single processor into two logical processors). An SMP kernel is required to support more then a single CPU. (Be that physical or logical) The Fedora installers puts two kernels, one with SMP support and one without. The normal SMP-less kernel is mostly used for troubleshooting. (Things tend to break on SMP systems...) Gilboa
