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Re: SL 5.1 non-smp versus smp
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:29:47 -0600
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Fernando Rannou wrote:
> Hi Mark and Akemi
> thanks for your prompt responses.
> 
> Right! The Cisco VPN user's guide says:
> "The VPN Client for Linux does not support kernel Version 2.5 prior to
> VPN Client Release 4.0.1.A and
> does not support SMP (multiprocessor) kernels in any release of the VPN
> Client."
> 
> But there used to be kernel.*.rpm and kernel-smp.*.rpm
> for download. Is there such a thing for SL-5.1
> 

No.
Why?
RedHat made that decision.  We do *not* change the kernel at all.

If Cisco really does not support our kernel's, then they do not support 
RedHat's kernel's, and as such they are hurting a huge install base.

Troy
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