How do I specify a particular kernel version with emerge?

GreazyMF · n00b Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 11

Hello all,

I'm new to gentoo and this is my first post. I'm currently in the process of putting Gentoo on my Dell D800 laptop. In fact, I successfully performed a stage-3 installation this weekend. I wanted to do a stage-1 installation, but the latest live-cd wouldn't recognize my Broadcom 5705 Ethernet controller.

I searched around and found an archived version of a live-cd from last year that does recognize my Ethernet controller. So, I'm going to start over and do a stage-1 from scratch like I wanted to.

However, I'm a little nervous about getting the right version of the kernel sources. I know that the Broadcom driver has a patch available for kernel version 2.6.0. So, I'd like to make sure that when the time comes for me to build my kernel, that is the version that I'm using.

Could someone please give me the proper incantation to accomplish this?

Best regards,

--Greazy
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Little Nemo · Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 7:08 pm Post subject:

For kernel 2.6.x, gentoo-dev-sources are a good choice:

madmango · Guru Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 507 Location: PA, USA

you need that in quotes

emerge "=gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.5-r1"

or try

emerge ">=mm-sources-2.6.5" for greater than or equal to

or

emerge "<=vanilla-sources-2.6.6-rc3" for less than or equal to
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