uninstalling kernel-smp

Sam Varshavchik mrsam at courier-mta.com
Tue Aug 10 22:30:59 UTC 2004


Michael Mallete writes:

> hello everyone!
> 
> i didn't know what kernel-smp was about so i installed
> the rpm i found in the fedora updates section, in my
> single processor i686. of course this is wrong, i
> believe, because kernel-smp is for multi-processor
> systems (please correct me if i got it all wrong).

Generally true.

However if you are running a Xeon CPU, you need SMP for Intel's 
hyperventilating technology.

Some motherboards also require the SMP kernel in order to handle interrupts 
correctly.

> anyway, i tried executing this: rpm -U kernel-smp, but
> i'm just getting  an error message. i want it
> uninstalled. how?

rpm -e.

But, if you happen to be running the SMP kernel (highly unlikely), don't do 
that until you've rebooted into a UP kernel.

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