On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 07:53:06PM +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > Le mercredi 06 juillet 2005 à 13:09 -0400, Dave Jones a écrit : > > On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 07:26:59AM -0500, Ian Pilcher wrote: > > > Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > >On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 07:13 -0400, Build System wrote: > > > > > > > >>- Drop x86-64 SMP kernels, and make generic kernel use SMP. > > > >why is this?? > > > > > > Presumably it's because so many processors these days are either Hyper- > > > Threaded or (soon) dual-core. At some point, the benefit of building > > > and shipping uni-processor kernels is less than the cost. > > > > Indeed. The proportion of UP vs SMP x86-64's out there is only > > going to increase in favour of SMP. > > And anyway can't we expect a full RT preempt kernel soonish ? As long as > we're making everyone SMP. Current fc5 kernels are preemptable using voluntary preemption, and have been for about a week or so. Dave -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list