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 1LbL3p-0007ts-Nd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:36:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 90172E02F1; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:36:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f175.google.com (mail-gx0-f175.google.com [209.85.217.175]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6680DE02F1 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:36:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk23 with SMTP id 23so5248667gxk.10 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:36:14 -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=7ZgEqDtLpx3+6/RVIrfFZq6BxJNhcwQUPURAf1UdlXU=; b=v5LSl0zT+i1RCW7639ATGwNWJGDNU1vY8Bg94YdDACKAwBsOAUeLltMqU/vGLIYerO chjeKiy8WquSSWDrqXrR3We2PRyJSxIx57YXCaw4vOhRG/B5SobONbz0MXj+Gp+veIIN jVkdblmX+OFjCtr/P9jboFEfH6V9KdtYPISYc= 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=UckwrcK1BbwUv1MYRvhtgyri0alLGognX0OhVNxwh0qnm0V8eW0ZhTCVEq2JJbsoH4 VNL6U8RLOrGAVoXh3vKGLiOT3Rt4XwcBkyhbiANq43hKIa5hmXJuK3w0O/zNH0Qil9xD w2bP94i/9BpqPAFDofz5BHWnkG+QsCuPJcasI= 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 10.220.45.212 with SMTP id g20mr479237vcf.43.1235334972766; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:36:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <71636.44648.qm@web31606.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20090219011948.54868bfb@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> <71636.44648.qm@web31606.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:36:12 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] atheros wifi for gentoo.. From: Joshua Murphy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5f330479-2970-42d4-9755-1cac818d6ef4 X-Archives-Hash: 112c46ae548675be48275644164d6327 On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 4:25 PM, maxim wexler wrote: > >> ATH5K has been in the kernel for a little while,the reason >> for using >> 2.6.28 is that it also supports the wired NIC. With the >> addition of the >> eee ACPI modules, I can now run with no third party modules >> on my Eee. >> > > When I do a search for 2.6.28 I get a patch. For gentoo-sources, 2.6.27 is the latest I can find. > > Currently using 2.6.24. Will that patch bridge the gap? > > At a big disadvantage here, my home PC, gentoo, is woefully out of date and I can't do anything for it because my ISP, hdcanada.com, just disappeared. No warning, no explanation. I have to pedal to town and use the wifi with the EEE. > > mw Well, it's a bit of a pain, but you can grab a portage snapshot from the mirrors and throw it in place on your home pc, get a list of the files you need to fetch, go back out to town, grab the packages, and then take those home to install. A couple handy commands... On Gentoo: emerge --fetchonly --pretend 2> download.lst On an internet connected system (even doable on Windows with a ported copy of wget): wget -c -nc -i download.lst -- Poison [BLX] Joshua M. Murphy