Re: "kernel-enterprise" ???

[Steven Pritchard <steve@silug.org>]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 06:47:32PM -0600, Richard Fifarek wrote:
> 	enterprise typically means high end hardware ... 4GB+ RAM, LFS,
> LVM, SMP, etc.

On that note, it is probably worth pointing out what all of the
different kernel packages included in Red Hat are for.  Currently in
the Red Hat 7.2 updates, there are the following kernel-* packages:

    i386/kernel-2.4.9-13.i386.rpm

	Generic kernel that should work on any 386 or higher processor
	in uniprocessor mode.

    i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.9-13.i386.rpm

	Generic kernel, suitable for installation boot disks.

    i386/kernel-doc-2.4.9-13.i386.rpm

	Kernel documentation, installed in /usr/share/doc.  (This is
	basically the contents of Documentation/ in the kernel source
	tree.)

    i386/kernel-headers-2.4.9-13.i386.rpm

	/usr/include/{asm,linux}/ - A snapshot of the kernel header
	files, sometimes needed for compiling lower-level programs.

    i386/kernel-source-2.4.9-13.i386.rpm

	Patched kernel source.

    i586/kernel-2.4.9-13.i586.rpm

        Kernel that should work on any Pentium-class or higher
        processor in uniprocessor mode.  (This includes the various
	Pentium clones from Cyrix, AMD, etc.)

    i586/kernel-smp-2.4.9-13.i586.rpm

	SMP kernel that should work on any single- or multi-processor
	Pentium-class or higher system.

    i686/kernel-2.4.9-13.i686.rpm

	Kernel that should work on any Pentium Pro or better
	(including Celeron and Pentium II, III, and 4) in uniprocessor
	mode.

    i686/kernel-debug-2.4.9-13.i686.rpm

        This package includes a kernel that has the IKD kernel patch
        built in and has several other kernel debugging settings
        enabled.

    i686/kernel-enterprise-2.4.9-13.i686.rpm

	What Rich said.

    i686/kernel-smp-2.4.9-13.i686.rpm

	SMP kernel that should work on any single- or multi-processor
	Pentium Pro or better system.

    athlon/kernel-2.4.9-13.athlon.rpm

	Kernel that should work on any Athlon (or Duron) systems in
	uniprocessor mode.

    athlon/kernel-smp-2.4.9-13.athlon.rpm

	SMP kernel that should work on any single- or multi-processor
	Athlon (or Duron) system.

    SRPMS/kernel-2.4.9-13.src.rpm

	Source rpm for all of the other kernel rpms.  Rebuild with
	"rpm --rebuild --target=$arch" where $arch is one of i[3-6]86
	or athlon.

(Of course, "rpm -qlp" on the appropriate file would tell you most of
that, but hopefully this will save some of you some download time.)

Note that you really only want the SMP kernels if you do indeed have
an SMP (or SMP-capable) box since there is a slight speed impact on UP
systems running SMP kernels.

Steve
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