Date:  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:55:37 +0100
From:  "Martyn Bailey" <martyn (at mark) solis.co.uk>
Subject:  [coba-e:15957] Re: Strange kernel stuff
To:  "Darrell D. Mobley" <dmobley (at mark) uhostme.com>, coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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On 26 Aug 2009, at 18:09, Darrell D. Mobley wrote:

> Why would she want to change from an SMP kernel to a non-SMP kernel?

Ny understanding (and I could be wrong) is that single core 
processors don't benefit from SMP - however booting an SMP 
kernel will detect that the proc is single core anyway - so I guess it 
doesn't really matter.

Oh, and what do you mean - "She" ;-)

> Also, does anyone know if the 2.6.9-89.0.9 kernel the latest one that
> corrects the most recent vulnerability?

It is, which is why I got lumbered with the job of contacting 
customers who don't have managed servers :-(