ifconfig error : no such device

[dmly]

Hi,
I installed from stage 3.
My config is:

IBM ThinkPad R40
LAN: Intel PRO/100 , Wireless: Intel WLAN 2100

I started Gentoo and run ifconfig but it said no such device.
I check /proc/pci and found that the kernel actually recognizes these network devices.

I *do not* include these device when I build the kernel source.
Question: Do I have to re-build the whole thing again?

PS: Kernel 2.6.9 does not have support for Intel Wireless 2100 miniPCI card. But i think I can do an 'emerge ipw2100'
But before I can do that, I need to have my wired PRO/100 network card working, right?

Please help.
It's too late now (2 AM)

Thanks

[hw-tph]

The driver for the PRO/100 series adapters is included in the kernel (actually, two different drivers), but it is also available as an ebuild.
You could either enter the kernel configuration, configure the Intel PRO/100 driver as a module, exit and save your config and then make modules and make modules_install, followed by update-modules. This will build and install the driver module so you can load it using modprobe e100 or by adding it to the module autoloader file corresponding to your kernel version: /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 if you use a 2.6 series kernel.

emerge net-misc/e100 will install the ebuild. You can load the module in the same way.


Håkan

[dmly]

Thanks a lot man,
I re-built the kernel with the added config for PRO/100 and it works fine.
I was able to add wireless to Gentoo too.

Cheer
Doug