686-smp kernels old?

[Karl Goetz]

Murray Cumming wrote:
> In Dapper, looking at synaptic,
> 
> - The latest version of linux-image-686 is 2.6.15.18 (but currently
> brings in linux-image-2.6.15-19-686).
> - But the latest version of linux-image-686-smp is 2.6.12.16.1 (but
> brings in linux-image-2.6.12.10-686-smp).
> 
> I perceive that my system is slower when not using a -smp kernel.
> 
> Is there a good reason that the smp kernels are so far behind? I fear
> that I'd lose a lot of bug fixes if I stayed with those old -smp
> versions.
> 
hm. i dont have that problem that i can see:

kgoetz at Rommel:~$ uname -a
Linux Rommel 2.6.15-19-686 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 20 17:33:20 UTC 2006
i686 GNU/Linux

sure you got linux-686-smp installed?

kgoetz at Rommel:~$ apt-cache show linux-686-smp
Package: linux-686-smp
Priority: optional
Section: restricted/base
Installed-Size: 52
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team <kernel-team at lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: i386
Source: linux-meta
Version: 2.6.15.18
Depends: linux-image-686, linux-restricted-modules-686
Filename: pool/restricted/l/linux-meta/linux-686-smp_2.6.15.18_i386.deb
Size: 23340
MD5sum: 360ccf54cef84946b2bcdf9372ce53fe
Description: Complete Linux kernel on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV SMP.
 This package will always depend on the latest complete Linux kernel
available
 for Pentium Pro/Celeron/Pentium II/Pentium III/Pentium IV with SMP support.
 SMP (symmetric multi-processing) is needed if you have multiple processors.
Bugs: mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Origin: Ubuntu


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