From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53FE4138632 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:26:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 418D121C107; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:24:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ve0-f170.google.com (mail-ve0-f170.google.com [209.85.128.170]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3E27521C0E3 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:24:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f170.google.com with SMTP id ox1so1167828veb.29 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:24:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=vB0YkaCE3LlTCe4Pt5u6Yb8o16QUK4rnY9863lt0k/0=; b=EFmXt4iJaEfJs3aClLc+N2ciyN2fYOMVi2sL4mB/XBolnRsHasxe2zGRc7Mo/aO/Gg RUOcyBKS23pukMwd3WJzK1+1HX3QjwsIGyiY08Z2qPEmg289oeF+r54UiBslcKVprUKt 1tDrNh/KEWl2eMAdzyqUonBrsntRESfkYqqoAcYYPcumL6++0KwT1ou+COXBpOM1x0ca 78SFb7SVQ7qWbXxCKBQDE18xbcUt6DLPiaHl9oMMITPViSUjQETVUvHb7STYRgXJk85U 9zNGPyuVeviRNbCsHH39irqLQ8Zs9wajZS++KKj3ojClWgjcVp9LCzlOsGIpwOi2BL7k 7gGg== X-Received: by 10.52.67.45 with SMTP id k13mr2682660vdt.9.1358972694630; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:24:54 -0800 (PST) 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 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.58.217.195 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:24:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <51001D1E.4040001@sharpsaw.org> References: <51000735.3060103@nileshgr.com> <51001D1E.4040001@sharpsaw.org> From: Paul Hartman Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:24:34 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: wwR3yEHMq7EuTyWhnSywO-f715Q Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /proc/net/wirelesslessness To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 342a6abe-91a3-4801-9e67-f58df5f54e94 X-Archives-Hash: 211470ba3785c2bbe360348bfb7bf530 On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:25 AM, =E2=98=88king wro= te: > I'm trying to build a kernel with this Atheros AR9287 wifi card. I had it > working last week and rebuilt the kernel without saving my config, now I'= m > kind of stuck. The most immediate problem I see is that I have > /proc/net/wireless, even though when I boot with SystemRescueCD it comes = up > fine. Thanks in advance! (Here's the info I have, feel free to query for > more): - iwconfig wlan0 # On the bad boot wlan0 No wireless extensions Do you have CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=3Dy ? If you can boot your old (working) kernel you may have /proc/config.gz where you can extract the kernel config (gzip -dc /proc/config.gz) similarly you can do the same from your boot CD environment and use it as a starting point for customizing.