ketilfroyn
07-08-2005, 01:08 AM
Hi,
I have a Ralink 2500 PCI wlan interface. The driver for this, rt2500, does not support SMP kernels. Every time I try to configure the wlan, the computer freezes hard with no error messages anywhere. I've discovered that these are the expected symptoms for this problem.
So, how can I boot knoppix without SMP? Do I have to rebuild the kernel without SMP support? I don't think there's a nosmp parameter during boot, and I can't find a non-SMP kernel on the CD. Too bad, I think it would have been worth the 1MB of space, this is probably not the only case where SMP causes some unstability somehow, so it would be useful to disable (if it's not already possible!).
Cheers,
Ketil
I have a Ralink 2500 PCI wlan interface. The driver for this, rt2500, does not support SMP kernels. Every time I try to configure the wlan, the computer freezes hard with no error messages anywhere. I've discovered that these are the expected symptoms for this problem.
So, how can I boot knoppix without SMP? Do I have to rebuild the kernel without SMP support? I don't think there's a nosmp parameter during boot, and I can't find a non-SMP kernel on the CD. Too bad, I think it would have been worth the 1MB of space, this is probably not the only case where SMP causes some unstability somehow, so it would be useful to disable (if it's not already possible!).
Cheers,
Ketil