Linux contains the following kernel packages (some may not apply to your architecture):

• kernel
  contains the kernel and following key features:
  • Uniprocessor support (will utilize a single processor on multi-processor systems)
  • Multi-processor support for Intel EM64T systems (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 only)
  • 4GB RAM support on Intel and AMD x86 systems(1)
• kernel-BOOT
  contains the installation kernel (x86 only)
  • Uniprocessor support
• kernel-{*-}devel
  (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 only) - contains kernel header files
  • replaces kernel-source
• kernel-doc
  contains kernel documentation
  • previously found in /usr/src/linux{-*}/Documentation
• kernel-hugemem (i686 only)
  in addition to the options of kernel-smp:
  • 4GB/4GB split - ~4GB of virtual address space for kernel resources and ~4GB for each user processor
  • Should be utilized on systems/loads where more addressable kernel resources are required including greater than 16GB systems
• kernel-smp
  in addition to the options of kernel:
  • multi processor support (all architectures)
  • PAE - Physical Address Extension (Intel x86 only) upto 16GB RAM(2)
• kernel-pcmcia-cs
  (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 only) - contains support for PCMCIA cards
• kernel-source
  (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 only) - contains complete source code for the Linux kernel
• kernel-utils
  contains utilities that can be used to control the kernel or system hardware
• kernel-{*-}
  unsupported (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 only/some architectures)
  • contains modules not supported by Red Hat, Inc. in any SLA
  • is not installed during installation
  • updates and fixes may not be provided over time

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