[RFC] Drop Non-smp PowerPC Kernel Flavor

[Tim Gardner]

On 03/15/2012 06:02 AM, Colin Watson wrote:
> 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?
>

I'll take care of it. Leann plans to upload later in her day Friday, so 
the kernel ought to be available by Monday.

rtg
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com