686-smp kernels old?

[Derek Broughton]

Karl Goetz wrote:

> 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?

otoh, I have the same kernel you have, and don't have an SMP system.  afaik,
there are no longer any separate SMP kernels, so OP is simply looking for
something that doesn't exist.

To put it differently, _all_ kernels are now SMP enabled.  My uniprocessor
still stays:

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