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 <gentoo-user+bounces-112020-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>)
	id 1ORX8e-0008OW-Rq
	for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:05:41 +0000
Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C23BE0AA5
	for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:05:40 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (SMTP.CS.NYU.EDU [128.122.80.33])
	by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4D7DE07F5
	for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:41:10 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from ajglap.localdomain (ool-4a59b202.dyn.optonline.net [74.89.178.2])
	(authenticated bits=0)
	by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.14.3/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o5NKfAKj002086
	(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT)
	for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:41:10 -0400 (EDT)
Received: by ajglap.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1502)
	id A1B9119D923; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:41:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with broadcom wireless
References: <yu9k4pqlexb.fsf@nyu.edu>
	<20100623092340.665cb77c@zaphod.digimed.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:41:09 -0400
In-Reply-To: <20100623092340.665cb77c@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> (Neil Bothwick's
	message of "Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:23:40 +0100")
Message-ID: <yu9mxulfpne.fsf@nyu.edu>
User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux)
Precedence: bulk
List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org>
X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Archives-Salt: 1fd49b03-0bcd-4da0-9da2-5a82f3bb8206
X-Archives-Hash: 8a47e42ed35755fea2a4fd0b3fb5f849

At Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:23:40 +0100 Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:24:00 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
>
>> I have build b43 as both a kernel module and as a built-in component.
>> But neither eth1 nor wlan0 exist for either kernel configuration (eth0
>> is the hardwired ethernet)
>
> Are you sure this is a B43xx devices, the lspci output doesn't specify?
> Some Dells use a different Broadcom card that needs the
> net-wireless/broadcom-sta module to be emerged.

(I tried Mick's kernel settings, but with no effect).

Neil's suggestion to use broadcom-sta was the solution.  It took some
effort to get the module to build, but was possible.

thank you both.
allan gottlieb