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SubjectRe: Compatible with i386/UP but optimised for i686/SMP
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>> Or a sysadmin, in a situation where managing different kernels for that
>> extra bit of efficiency isn't worth the administrative overhead.
>
> When you need to have a single kernel for lots of similar machines,
>they are usually UP, so compiling a SMP kernel doesn't make sense.

Please don't generalise like this. We're rolling out dual PPros or PIIs
on over 4000 desktops. *You* may not come across this situation often,
but you shouldn't assume that others won't. Until the rollout is complete
(and it's taking its time), we've got a mix of UP and SMP machines.

Tet

PS. No, sadly most of the aren't running Linux. Yet :-)

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