[nzlug] Ubuntu 7.10 installs SMP kernel

[Simon Bridge]

On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 06:59 +1300, Daniel Lawson wrote:
> > Last I heard, Ivo van Doorn, who maintains the driver, wasn't updating the
> > old rt2400 driver for SMP kernels.
> >
> > If it isn't on the install CD, I can't access it. Rather than drag the PC
> > around the house to the router, I'd rather just install a distro that works.
> >

> You should be able to tell your kernel to boot as a uniprocessor one by
> passing the kernel boot option 'nosmp' to it.
> 
> Or, you could take the ubuntu kernel package and rebuild it with SMP
> disabled.
> 

Downloading a deb and walking it over *must* be simpler that doing the
same with an entire distro - the option OP has decided on. There is also
the rt2x00 driver, which *does* work with smp kernels.

I suspect the decision in favour of rewarding the people who
automatically do what you want against facilitating the people who have
just annoyed you.