From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27471 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 19:27:07 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 5 Dec 2004 19:27:07 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Cb22F-0007Ri-6x for arch-gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:27:07 +0000 Received: (qmail 21488 invoked by uid 89); 5 Dec 2004 19:26:51 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-user-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 30007 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 19:26:50 +0000 Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 20:26:32 +0100 From: "Alessandro D.M. Semeria" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: <20041205202632.78aebe48@ulisse> In-Reply-To: <1102197154.10364.12.camel@sf.rout.dyndns.org> References: <1102196982.10359.9.camel@sf.rout.dyndns.org> <1102197154.10364.12.camel@sf.rout.dyndns.org> Organization: A.S. X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12a (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at libero.it serv1 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I add pcnet_cs to my installation? X-Archives-Salt: 5c48ad1a-462d-4956-bb03-14174e8b7c8a X-Archives-Hash: 05a46fef8a8c4ac38a7325ff0ff84c81 In my personal opinion is better to emerge pcmcia modules: "emerge pcmcia-cs" (as is recommended on doc). Best regards A.S. On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 10:52:34 +1300 Nick Rout wrote: > 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 > > > > -- > Nick Rout > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list