From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13653 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 23:30:39 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 5 Dec 2004 23:30:39 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Cb5pv-000472-I8 for arch-gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 23:30:39 +0000 Received: (qmail 11512 invoked by uid 89); 5 Dec 2004 23:29:32 +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 18270 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 23:29:32 +0000 Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 00:29:04 +0100 From: "Alessandro D.M. Semeria" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: <20041206002904.546f7440@ulisse> In-Reply-To: <20041206113547.10C2.NICK@rout.co.nz> References: <1102197154.10364.12.camel@sf.rout.dyndns.org> <20041205202632.78aebe48@ulisse> <20041206113547.10C2.NICK@rout.co.nz> 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 serv4 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I add pcnet_cs to my installation? X-Archives-Salt: 3da0c39f-17a8-42cc-b6d0-d88a862414a2 X-Archives-Hash: fd35097afb9a9cfba2b255722a5d7632 Micheal not say nothing about the kernel, then I supposed he had used a stable gentoo-sources (2.4) and not the devel one (2.6). Best regards. A.S. On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 11:46:36 +1300 Nick Rout wrote: > What doc are you referring to? > > AFAIK if you are on 2.6 emerge pcmcia-cs does not emerge any kernel > modules, but only the support programs for pcmcia. > > Thats certainly seems to be what has happenned on my laptop, which has > just been reinstalled with 2004.3 as of last week. > > > invertigating further, this is from the ebuild: > > "For 2.5/2.6 kernels, the PCMCIA support from the kernel should" > "be used. Enable PCMCIA and any further drivers you need there," > "and then use this package to install the PCMCIA tools." > > It is otherwise for 2.4 , the ebuild says this: > > "To avail yourself of the pcmcia-cs drivers, you have to disable the" > "PCMCIA support in the kernel. (Otherwise, you might experience" > "CardServices version mismatch errors)" > "Proper kernel config for this package is that PCMCIA/Card Bus under" > "General Setup is off and Wireless LAN (non-ham radio) is on but" > "no modules or drivers turned on under Network Device Support" > "if you have wireless." > "Also note it now appears that you need CONFIG_CRC32 turned on" > "These are the CRC32 Library functions in the config" > > (sorry about the formatting) > > > On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 20:26:32 +0100 > "Alessandro D.M. Semeria" wrote: > > > 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 > > -- > Nick Rout > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list