From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QUmBk-0004CS-HR for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:50:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C40D1C0DC; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 20:49:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6A0B1C0DC for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 20:49:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyi11 with SMTP id 11so1885901wyi.40 for ; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:49:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent :references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=JH48Jz/0mQMioV3tW5uC/AAZf9YKqlOukA2BFbmOeDQ=; b=m7hNR3r9O5sidCz57qJ7p2ZPZWeA7ZvnOhKL27kPPcVE3QLfTQxFugWO+riQxANBof IJxfpNm+myNF3COxf8uoUIPSq6jxl9U1Yn/m6NdNya6i/MVPYd+gC1B8RTaLiUG40KxR U/4CyBg63HTy9DIjx/QyZ+LM9SxPxz5SUqiIs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=svGQUUbYiipHz5IuilfvikXJ9PEZN1omv7AxmXaofoleEwkXZxdCQUKjG9LnhJ+F4K gkXB9VWpp4bSiER5wFtm5e08TAX032UVR7qirjfS99Kh/fdtPCMqeWzah54SbR5mJR4L hc18aao6rRDmyFKzV4ORxc3tbTOtSvu4CraTA= Received: by 10.216.209.212 with SMTP id s62mr1216765weo.67.1307652565952; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:49:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w62sm1054920wec.18.2011.06.09.13.49.24 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:49:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't find b43 in kernel config Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 21:50:05 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/2.6.38-gentoo-r6; KDE/4.6.2; x86_64; ; ) References: <201106092007.46491.francesco.talamona@know.eu> In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1693144.tWUXyLNLax"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201106092150.06575.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 79634c988b594740ea8d51a4561d2dd8 --nextPart1693144.tWUXyLNLax Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday 09 Jun 2011 19:14:38 Grant wrote: > >> > I've satisfied these requirements: > >> >=20 > >> >=20 > >> >=20 > >> > Depends on: NETDEVICES [=3Dy] && WLAN [=3Dy] && SSB_POSSIBLE [=3Dy] = && > >> >=20 > >> > MAC80211 [=3Dn] && HAS_DMA [=3Dy] > >> >=20 > >> >=20 > >> >=20 > >> > but I don't see the option here: > >> >=20 > >> >=20 > >> >=20 > >> > Location: > >> >=20 > >> > -> Device Drivers > >> >=20 > >> > -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=3Dy]) > >> >=20 > >> > -> Wireless LAN (WLAN [=3Dy]) > >> >=20 > >> >=20 > >> >=20 > >> > Does anyone know how to make it appear? > >> >=20 > >> >=20 > >> >=20 > >> > - Grant > >>=20 > >> What is 'b43'? > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> When I have that problem I typically start with > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> cat /usr/src/.config | grep b43 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> which returns nothing implying to me that b43 doesn't exist at all. > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> - Mark > >=20 > > Mark this isn't a good test. It only says that your config doesn't > > contain references to b43. > >=20 > > If you do "make menuconfig" and then search for b43 (type slash to reach > > the search functionality) many entries will show up: I count 23 hits in > > 2.6.39-gentoo-r1 kernel. > >=20 > > Grant: you say that the requirements are satisfied, yet I see "MAC80211 > > [=3Dn]", could be it? Same way as above to see where the option you lack > > can be activated > >=20 > > HTH > >=20 > > Francesco >=20 > Ah, thank you Francesco. I was reading that to mean that it was > required for MAC80211 to *not* be selected. Now I've got it. >=20 > - Grant You'll invariably also need the appropriate firmware too. You'll need to=20 emerge net-wireless/b43-fwcutter and have a look at: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 PS. Ignore the notes for b43legacy and bcm43xx drivers. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart1693144.tWUXyLNLax Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk3xMf4ACgkQVTDTR3kpaLYA9gCg7Sus40XnpoyUPAxtR/4CBs8N PIEAoPXo8biiS4HCB5952WH4dKD/ZqYX =hyFt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1693144.tWUXyLNLax--