From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/20020314 Description of problem: When installing skipjack, Anaconda installs and configures grub for the smp kernel. My machine has a single CPU. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install skipjack 2. Reboot 3. Grub shows kernel-smp as default Actual Results: kernel-smp is configured to boot by default Expected Results: kernel should be configured to boot Additional info: [root@bishop root]# cat anaconda-ks.cfg # Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda. install lang en_US langsupport --default en_US en_US keyboard us mouse msintellips/2 --device psaux xconfig --card "ATI Rage 128" --videoram 16384 --hsync 30.0-95.0 --vsync 50.0-160.0 --resolution 1400x1050 --depth 32 network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip 10.0.0.3 --netmask 255.0.0.0 --gateway 10.0.0.1 --nameserver 10.0.0.1 --hostname bishop.infoglut.com rootpw --iscrypted firewall --disabled authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 timezone --utc America/Chicago bootloader --append hdc=ide-scsi # The following is the partition information you requested # Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed # here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is # not guaranteed to work #clearpart --linux #part / --fstype ext3 --size=4096 #part swap --size=1024 %packages @ Printing Support @ Classic X Window System @ X Window System @ GNOME @ Sound and Multimedia Support @ Network Support @ Dialup Support @ Messaging and Web Tools @ Everything kernel-smp %post
What are the contents of /proc/cpuinfo on this machine?
bishop ~% cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 0 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1500MHz stepping : 10 cpu MHz : 1495.166 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm bogomips : 2981.88
So is this due to hyperthreading? If so, sorry & thanks....
OK, I found it in isys/smp.c. Definitely due to hyperthreading. I supposed others like me who lack a clue might appreciate having that in RELEASE-NOTES.