x86_64 smp kernel

John Ellson ellson at research.att.com
Tue Dec 13 17:36:52 UTC 2005


Gene C. wrote:
> I have been following both the fedora-devel and fedora-test mailing lists and 
> have not seen anything about this (or at least I do not remember seeing 
> anything) ...
>
> Development currently has only UP kernels for x86_64 (no SMP kernel).  At 
> first I thought that only one kernel was being shipped (the SMP kernel) since 
> the SMP kernel is now "standard on both UP and SMP x86_64 systems ... nope, 
> it is the UP kernel.
>
> Comments??
>   
I'm assured that the x86_64 kernel is in fact SMP. However (as of 
2.6.14-1.1752_FC5)
it is buggy and only recognizes one core in my X2. Bug#174894


John




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