Bug#1145154: linux: Please drop separate SMP flavors for alpha, powerpc and sparc64

From	John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.ports.alpha, linux.debian.ports.powerpc, linux.debian.ports.sparc, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#1145154: linux: Please drop separate SMP flavors for alpha, powerpc and sparc64
Date	2026-08-23 12:40 +0200
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Source: linux
Version: 7.1.9-1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-alpha@lists.debian.org, debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, debian-sparc@lists.debian.org
User: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
Usertags: powerpc
User: debian-alpha@lists.debian.org
Usertags: alpha
User: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org
Usertags: sparc64

Hello,

the SMP kernels can be used on non-SMP systems alpha, powerpc and sparc64 without any restrictions.

Thus, in order to reduce the complexity of the kernel configuration and avoid accidental installations
of non-SMP kernels on SMP systems, I suggest to drop the SMP flavors on alpha, powerpc and sparc64
and just enable SMP support for all kernel flavors on these architectures.

Thanks,
Adrian

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Bug#1145154: linux: Please drop separate SMP flavors for alpha, powerpc and sparc64 John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> - 2026-08-23 12:40 +0200
  Bug#1145154: marked as done (linux: Please drop separate SMP  flavors for alpha, powerpc and sparc64) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2026-08-28 17:20 +0200

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