[nzlug] Ubuntu 7.10 installs SMP kernel

Martin Bähr mbaehr at email.archlab.tuwien.ac.at
Sat Dec 1 10:47:45 NZDT 2007


On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 10:27:21AM +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> > Ubuntu 7.10 installing the SMP kernel means my venerable RT2400 wireless
> > drivers won't work (they only work with a uni kernel) .......and Ubuntu
> > didn't supply the Uni kernel with the install CD ( I can't find it,
> > anyway)......
> But surely they have it available online? the uni kernel i mean!

since smp kernels nowadays work just fine on non-smp machines, non-smp
kernels are not provided anymore, at least by debian and ubuntu from
what i could see.

if a driver does not work with an smp kernel, then i guess that driver
needs to be fixed.

greetings, martin.
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