Re: kernel without smp

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

sigi <dugongs@gmx.de> writes:

> Hi, 
>
> as I noticed today, for my wlan-card-module, I need a kernel without 
> smp-support enabled... This was the reason, my new rt2570-module always 
> locked my keyboard: the prebuilt debian kernel I'm using 
> (2.6.17-2-amd64) has smp enabled. 
>
> Now, to resolve the problem, do I have to build my own kernel (what I 
> not really want), or is it enough to install the package 
> linux-image-2.6-amd64-k8? 
>
> I didn't find any kernel *amd64-k8 for etch, which existed earlier, so I 
> think that linux-image-2.6-amd64-k8 (as transitional package) will only 
> update to the latest generic amd-kernel available? 
>
> So, only chance to build my own one to use my rt2570-module? 
>
>
> Regards,
> sigi.

The newer Debian kernels have less flavours and afaik autodetect smp
and patch them self on the fly during boot. I guess you will have to
fix your driver soon.

MfG
        Goswin