From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6651 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2004 04:57:45 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 6 Dec 2004 04:57:45 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CbAwS-00007O-Rw for arch-gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 04:57:44 +0000 Received: (qmail 2548 invoked by uid 89); 6 Dec 2004 04:57:28 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-user-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 32766 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2004 04:57:27 +0000 X-Authentication-Warning: miro.michaelshiloh.com: michael owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 20:42:27 -0800 (PST) From: michael shiloh To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20041206002904.546f7440@ulisse> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I add pcnet_cs to my installation? X-Archives-Salt: 3919fff6-a89c-4e31-a24f-3c7ee3a84415 X-Archives-Hash: b0fa39af88727c8361556d3e6ae3f5fa Sorry. I should have pointed that out. I am in fact using 2.6. I actually got it all running, but I'm not sure exactly how. I tried a kernel with no PCMCIA support, but when I emerged pcmcia-cs it failed due to needing PCMCIA support in the kernel. So I compiled the kernel again, this time turning on every single PCMCIA related item I could find. This time pcmcia-cs worked. Some day I might redo this just to figure out what the critical steps were, but I need to finish this installation so I can actually use my laptop. Still, I can see from the different answers, that there is a bit of confusion about this issue. I appreciate all of your help as I'll be installing Gentoo on many other computers, I'm sure. Michael On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Alessandro D.M. Semeria wrote: > Micheal not say nothing about the kernel, then I supposed he had used > a stable gentoo-sources (2.4) and not the devel one (2.6). > > Best regards. > A.S. > > > On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 11:46:36 +1300 > Nick Rout wrote: > > > What doc are you referring to? > > > > AFAIK if you are on 2.6 emerge pcmcia-cs does not emerge any kernel > > modules, but only the support programs for pcmcia. > > > > Thats certainly seems to be what has happenned on my laptop, which has > > just been reinstalled with 2004.3 as of last week. > > > > > > invertigating further, this is from the ebuild: > > > > "For 2.5/2.6 kernels, the PCMCIA support from the kernel should" > > "be used. Enable PCMCIA and any further drivers you need there," > > "and then use this package to install the PCMCIA tools." > > > > It is otherwise for 2.4 , the ebuild says this: > > > > "To avail yourself of the pcmcia-cs drivers, you have to disable the" > > "PCMCIA support in the kernel. (Otherwise, you might experience" > > "CardServices version mismatch errors)" > > "Proper kernel config for this package is that PCMCIA/Card Bus under" > > "General Setup is off and Wireless LAN (non-ham radio) is on but" > > "no modules or drivers turned on under Network Device Support" > > "if you have wireless." > > "Also note it now appears that you need CONFIG_CRC32 turned on" > > "These are the CRC32 Library functions in the config" > > > > (sorry about the formatting) > > > > > > On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 20:26:32 +0100 > > "Alessandro D.M. Semeria" wrote: > > > > > In my personal opinion is better to emerge pcmcia modules: > > > "emerge pcmcia-cs" (as is recommended on doc). > > > > > > Best regards > > > > > > A.S. > > > > > > On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 10:52:34 +1300 > > > Nick Rout wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 10:49 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > > > > > you do not need to recompile the whole kernel, just the modules > > > > > you need. > > > > > > > > > > in your menuconfig go into "Bus Options" and choose pcmcia > > > > > support, with whatever options you need for your hardware. > > > > > > > > > > Then and only then will the right things appear under Device > > > > > drivers/Networking Support, there will be a section for pcmcia > > > > > drivers. Choose the NE2000 compatible one, and it will build > > > > > pcnet_cs (according to what you read under Help anyway) > > > > > > > > Sorry I didn't finish :-) > > > > > > > > after putting the right config options in place, as modules, exit > > > > menuconfig and execute the following > > > > > > > > make modules && make modules_install > > > > > > > > and for good measure: > > > > > > > > depmod -a > > > > > > > > it should then work without even a reboot. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 00:36 -0800, michael shiloh wrote: > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm installing Gentoo on an old laptop. After installing and > > > > > > booting, I find that I forgot to add pcnet_cs, which I need > > > > > > for my PCMCIA network card, so modprobe of that fails. > > > > > > > > > > > > Looking through the archives, I gather that this normally gets > > > > > > built with the kernel, but I don't want to rebuild the kernel. > > > > > > Is there a package I can emerge that will provide this? > > > > > > > > > > > > (I can get onto the net by booting from the live CD) > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Nick Rout > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > -- > > Nick Rout > > > > > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list