Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

[Bruce Hill <daddy@happypenguincomputers.com>]

On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 07:17:55PM +0000, Mick wrote:
> On Thursday 19 Dec 2013 15:18:15 the wrote:
> > On 12/19/13 17:50, Bruce Hill wrote:
> > > I *believe* if you have the driver built into your kernel:
> > > CONFIG_IPW2200=y then you need to have the firmware listed with
> > > these 2 lines: CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="ipw2200-bss.fw"
> > > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/" (Something similar to
> > > the CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE line. I don't use ipw2200 and that might
> > > not be the proper way. You said the file is there, you checked, so
> > > you should know the proper path and syntax.)
> > 
> > iirc I tried specifying extra firmware but it didn't load.
> 
> 
> Have a look at the section "Code Listing 2.10: Enabling external firmware" 
> here:
> 
>   http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml?part=1&chap=7
> 
> Don't forget to recompile and *boot* the newly configured kernel after you do 
> this.

Good post, Mick. It seems the amd64 Handbook is neutered concerning this.
Perhaps someone decided genkernel was a substitute for properly configuring a
custom kernel? If so, they should spend a day in #gentoo on IRC to help all
those poor blokes arriving with failure due to genkernel.

Cheers,
Bruce
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