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Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 10:52:34 +1300
From: Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I add pcnet_cs to my installation?
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On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 10:49 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> you do not need to recompile the whole kernel, just the modules you
> need.
> 
> in your menuconfig go into "Bus Options" and choose pcmcia support, with
> whatever options you need for your hardware.
> 
> Then and only then will the right things appear under Device
> drivers/Networking Support, there will be a section for pcmcia drivers.
> Choose the NE2000 compatible one, and it will build pcnet_cs (according
> to what you read under Help anyway)

Sorry I didn't finish :-)

after putting the right config options in place, as modules, exit
menuconfig and execute the following

make modules && make modules_install

and for good measure:

depmod -a

it should then work without even a reboot.

> 
> On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 00:36 -0800, michael shiloh wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I'm installing Gentoo on an old laptop. After installing and booting,
> > I find that I forgot to add pcnet_cs, which I need for my PCMCIA network
> > card, so modprobe of that fails.
> > 
> > Looking through the archives, I gather that this normally gets built
> > with the kernel, but I don't want to rebuild the kernel. Is there a
> > package I can emerge that will provide this?
> > 
> > (I can get onto the net by booting from the live CD)
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Michael
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> > 
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Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>


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