From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LZaQE-0003oj-46 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:36:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0854EE031E; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:36:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f162.google.com (mail-gx0-f162.google.com [209.85.217.162]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6414E031E for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:36:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk6 with SMTP id 6so2573168gxk.10 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:36:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=G2QG+jdWasz4XPEaQvAxiK2uCRlNYbCJsxwDu9Laedk=; b=HJYxwEtOblszLZ5WSI9GO5d5zCbw0YS7S7/xARNs5fmh3Bbb0NwjqyJh7Tsa0t8igz Vl/67u6KBnXjE9sj8D27C3qfw7VdCUqqLp1v/WWKGY78xcPez0Frei+yXLXlFrJcj7o0 nxOfed6Xk/Mdj2jRCY4vkPhQk0zxp5koRf658= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=A0F3wMJWc2qEIg3AJc/mjZnsu63gIYNbdBQNGTA2RZWSH6n+LDsQgpnf3960eNASrM MRJHdxAtkWg3V1435SIoO5ARccx8+EFHqsQmKwl+ZRwqwbCh/4KKiU0+jaeadTLgui+h J4eIQRKQZupeF12wdQy/RYCGnk5FCeTLOEjQI= 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 Received: by 10.151.106.4 with SMTP id i4mr5899385ybm.159.1234917376525; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:36:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <3ac129340902170337u215c0570n882217195623dfdc@mail.gmail.com> References: <865773ce0902151331y6c694eecm8625993dd9bd32a5@mail.gmail.com> <3ac129340902170337u215c0570n882217195623dfdc@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:36:16 +0000 Message-ID: <865773ce0902171636q381d18cayf4e608eeba60df75@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade From: Guillermo Garron To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 62df894a-c8dd-4126-a47c-0654b7bd044a X-Archives-Hash: 71f9aab55702f8f5ba3a8e532adc011e On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:37 AM, daid kahl wrote: > > > 2009/2/16 Guillermo Garron >> >> Hi, >> >> I am new to Gentoo, and yes I am also new to compiling kernels. >> > > I recently got in to configuring my own kernel (I'm not sure if you're at > this level or using other people's .config files); it's a bit lazy and maybe > risky not to configure it yourself, but you have to start somewhere. > > In any case, the two things I found most helpful are kccmp and > http://cateee.net. The first is a program to compare two kernel > configurations, and tell you the differences between them, and so on, > displayed in a nice table in X; you can find it in the portage tree. Before > I found that, I was literally like comparing the files by hand on print outs > and stuff...what a nightmare. The other is a Debian developer's site, but > there is a large part on kernel configuration (specifically at > http://cateee.net/lkddb/). I didn't actually find a really easy way to > search the site besides doing a google site-limited query (CONFIG_BLAH_BLAH > site:cateee.net), but once you get to a config page, at the bottom there is > also a google bar with a radio button for just searching that site. There > could be better places to look for kernel configuration options, but that's > what I was using, and obviously, if you want to configure your kernel, you > should have a place to look up the options, and that database has a basic > description of most (but not all) configurations at least for up to 2.6.26 > (maybe later, but that's what I'm using right now). Maybe other people can > point to other resources? > > Also, you should avoid using oldconfig except for really minor kernel > upgrades. I know this is mentioned in documentation elsewhere, but just a > useful reminder. Thanks a lot friend, I am trying to configure my Kernel myself (I am not that lazy :)). I will try all the advices here, and will come back to tell you which was the one which works, it will take me some time, As I can only work on this briefly at nights and on weekends. regards. > > ~daid > -- Guillermo Garron "Linux IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are." (Using Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/go2linux http://www.go2linux.org