On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:02:09AM +0800, Jeremy Kerr wrote: > Hi all, > >We consulted Jeremy Kerr about this. He says that an SMP kernel will run > >on all 32 bit powerpc platforms, including non-SMP. > > To clarify: the hardware supported by the powerpc and powerpc-smp > flavours is almost identical. The differences probably don't matter > Ubuntu users, as it'll be obscure hardware. I've CC-ed benh in case > he wants to correct me on this one. > > However, the SMP kernel supports (surprise!) bringing up >1 CPU on > machines that have >1 CPU. With a UP kernel on these machines, the > other CPUs are left doing nothing. > > The main class of 32-bit SMP powerpc machines are the Apple dual-G4s. > > So, since the hardware coverage is essentially the same, but we get > SMP support on SMP machines, I'd say that we would prefer the > powerpc-smp kernel over the powerpc flavour.
OK, that all makes sense, and I agree based on that. I'd forgotten about the dual G4 class. I would switch the installer over to powerpc-smp today, then, except that the kernel doesn't ship powerpc-smp udebs yet, only powerpc and powerpc64-smp. Can somebody fix that so that I can do this transition? -- Colin Watson [[email protected]] -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
