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Re: FC4 - What is smp kernel?



On Saturday 30 July 2005 07:42 pm, Hoffmann wrote:
> Hi All;
>
> When I installed FC4, I noticed that I have two
> kernels: one of them is the 'normal' one, the other is
> 'smp'. What is the difference, and which one should I
> use? Should I uninstall one of them?
> Thanks!
> Hoffmann
>
SMP=Symmetric Multi Processing. It's basically for systems with two or more 
processors (or maybe the new "dual-core" CPUs.) It won't hurt to have both in 
there. If your system can use the SMP kernel, it'll be great. If not, it 
shouldn't hurt anything.
	John


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