[gentoo-user] eth0 does not exist - followup

[Kenneth Hopping <mrhiker@speakeasy.org>]

Richard Fish wrote:

> On 5/27/06, Kenneth Hopping <mrhiker@speakeasy.org> wrote:
>
>> The problem appears to be that /sys/class/net/eth0 does not exist.
>> This is a pseudo-filesystem like proc that I cannot manipulate.
>>
>> Is there some configuration file that needs initialization or a package
>> that I need to install?
>
>
> No, you just need to load the driver for your NIC.
>
> What do lspci and lsmod report?

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 GMCH [Graphics 
Memory Controller Hub] (rev 03)
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 CGC 
[Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE (rev 02)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801AA SMBus (rev 02)
01:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 
[CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] 
(rev 74)

# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by

/proc/modules is empty.

# find /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel -type f -iname '*.ko'
/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/base/firmware_class.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/net/dummy.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/net/s2io.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/scsi/ipr.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/scsi/sata_sis.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/scsi/sata_sx4.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/usb/input/touchkitusb.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/usb/misc/phidgetservo.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/fs/ntfs/ntfs.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/lib/libcrc32c.ko

This is my first attempt with gentoo and kernel compilation so I'm not 
very knowledgable about modules. I just followed the steps in the x86 
installation handbook. Except for the network, everything else (cdrom, 
floppy) seems to work.

K.H.
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