kernel and kernel-smp?

[Phil Schaffner]

On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 18:05 -0700, Jesse Hannah wrote:
> What is the difference between the regular kernel and kernel-smp? For
> example, my grub.conf looks something like:
> 
> title Windows XP
>     ...
> title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667-smp)
>     kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667-smp ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet
>     initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667-smp.img
> title Fedora Core-up (2.6.9-1.667)
>     kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet
>     initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
> 
> Does it make any difference which one I use normally?

The installer generally only gives you kernel-smp if you can use it.
Also, you are running VERY old kernels.  Should consider updating to get
the latest/greatest security/bug-fixes.

Phil