Re: Kernel 2.6.17 RPM builds

[Arjan van de Ven <arjan fenrus demon nl>]

On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 08:05 -0600, mike cchtml com wrote:
> Why are the people in charge of the kernel RPM making seperate RPMs for
> non-SMP and SMP?

probably because SMP kernels do not boot on a large number of UP
machines....

2.6.17 doesn't change that; all 2.6.17 changes is that the cost of
spinlocks gets reduced somewhat... (but not annihilated entirely)