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 1QUjnl-0006GD-KH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:17:53 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F22291C0FE; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 18:14:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ey0-f181.google.com (mail-ey0-f181.google.com [209.85.215.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A557C1C0FE for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 18:14:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyh5 with SMTP id 5so777482eyh.40 for ; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:14:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=XdXZpP0Dt4q98dDoUY3SzC2l2wHOkZe8ii23Jukmvxk=; b=RHr6hxb9Kt3Bk6l+t6Rf9AhJvNkQ+r1rvss5jOrAubbbjTnRG3IAi8NvS76chdrRR2 v3jvFcVxXyUsZm9jsEBmK19hlAv9v/sD5nnTfZmIs8rJ3EW5Wbfcgw+5RZ8KgcEXBQYc Y4fQnQ008tZchf/JopD62OppytZNVWmR+glRw= 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; b=vLCXHyz7aXvXbBpEobvYwxddIYnG5fvuPk0cGgRV4+HLB+65Z4TLG+CVf0vAZn68ii /bkuTFqUpDYADpdxNGByz+7VdIQv2TxIjbijBJw/S/+8Fw0+DD9gAw+SyZWbCmXzecD5 k7rtmlvRVqg9Z+i7QH6k8iuYzt7vHeI7qutmY= 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 10.14.96.78 with SMTP id q54mr502699eef.157.1307643278722; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:14:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.48.69 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 11:14:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201106092007.46491.francesco.talamona@know.eu> References: <201106092007.46491.francesco.talamona@know.eu> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 11:14:38 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't find b43 in kernel config From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: b60113e3c6cc3621bb5bafbfc36bebe9 >> > I've satisfied these requirements: > >> > > >> > Depends on: NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && SSB_POSSIBLE [=y] && > >> > MAC80211 [=n] && HAS_DMA [=y] > >> > > >> > but I don't see the option here: > >> > > >> > Location: > >> > -> Device Drivers > >> > -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y]) > >> > -> Wireless LAN (WLAN [=y]) > >> > > >> > Does anyone know how to make it appear? > >> > > >> > - Grant > >> > >> What is 'b43'? > >> > >> When I have that problem I typically start with > >> > >> cat /usr/src/.config | grep b43 > >> > >> which returns nothing implying to me that b43 doesn't exist at all. > >> > >> - Mark > > Mark this isn't a good test. It only says that your config doesn't contain > references to b43. > > 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. > > Grant: you say that the requirements are satisfied, yet I see "MAC80211 > [=n]", could be it? Same way as above to see where the option you lack can > be activated > > HTH > > Francesco 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. - Grant