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

Package:
src:linux
Source:
src:linux
Submitter:
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Date:
2026-08-23 10:33:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1145154#5
Date:
2026-08-23 10:30:35 UTC
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To:
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