Comment 6 for bug 13852

(In reply to comment #5)

Hi,
Thank you for the response.

> (In reply to comment #4)
> > The SMP kernel is almost the same size as the uniprocessor kernel.
> > The SMP kernel supports uniprocessor systems(it must).
> > I suggest substituting the SMP kernel to make hyperthreading and multi-processor
> > environments available now for (k)ubuntu while still supporting uni's.
>
> We won't make this kind of change hastily; it requires careful consideration and
> testing (the Ubuntu 5.04 release is only about a week away).
> On the agenda for our April development conference is to discuss this issue a
> find the best way to support SMP (and highmem) out of the box.
>

Wise.
I would not expect it in the default 5.4 ISO but had hoped an "alternate" SMP
ISO might be possible.
At the very least that might provide some preview of how many (k)ubuntu users
need or want SMP although I would not expect the number downloaded to be very
large, especially as a 'test' or 'alternate' ISO.
I don't know what is on (k)ubuntu ISOs so cannot help much(my boxes are busy
ATT) but ithink the only *major* change should be to switch the kernel. All
other widgets should, automagically, be accepting the change during the install,
correct?
But, even so, it is a big change especially considering that 2+GB of memory
should also be supported in that kernel/ISO(the other problem mentioned by
original reporter).

> > ( In case you are wondering, I have only SMP systems here & would like very much
> > to install (k)ubuntu ... )
>
> You can enable SMP support after installation by installing linux-686-smp or
> linuk-k7-smp as appropriate; a lack of automation here shouldn't prevent you
> from installing.

As I understood the original post, that did not work very well. Unfortunately
the precise error message is still missing so we do not know for certain what
caused the subsequent attempt to fail. Nevertheless, I will attempt to do as
you suggest (in April -too busy right now).

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Since you indicate supporting SMP on the default ISO should be a topic of
discussion, this might be a reference bug number. However, "Vote for this Bug"
 is missing as a Bugzilla option(from my browser, firefox 102, at least). Could
that be turned on, please?