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jordanwb
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 Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: [solved]emerging pcmciautils requires gentoo-sources, why? |
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I don't know how to word the question but when I type "emerge -av pcmciautils" it wants to emerge gentoo-sources.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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It doesn't actually require gentoo-sources specifically, it just requires any kernel sources to be installed.
It depends on the linux-sources virtual, which by default is gentoo-sources, and this should only be an issue if you installed the kernel sources manually, ie not through portage.
Why it has this dependency is because it (the ebuild) checks that the configured sources under /usr/src/linux have PCMCIA enabled.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Okay so I have the kernel sources in /usr/src/linux with a soft link (ln -s) So I won't have to worry about it compiling a second kernel. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| jordanwb wrote: | | Okay so I have the kernel sources in /usr/src/linux with a soft link (ln -s) So I won't have to worry about it compiling a second kernel. |
Nope, just make sure you don't have the symlink USE flag set.
You could always add the gentoo-sources version being pulled to /etc/portage/profile/package.provided, but you'd have to update it when something goes to pull in newer kernel sources.
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Another relevant question would be, why do you not have a kernel installed from Portage? If you don't want to use the Gentoo kernel, kernel.org kernels are available through the vanilla-sources and git-sources packages. Either of these can be patched to your heart's content.
If you still don't want to do that and insist on using some exotic kernel sources, at least be polite and let Portage know what you're up to:
| /etc/portage/profile/package.provided: | # replace with your kernel version as necessary
sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-2.6.27 |
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jordanwb
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| tarpman wrote: | | kernel.org kernels are available through the vanilla-sources and git-sources packages. |
I forgot about this topic. I'll use the vanilla-sources package and see what happens. I'll remember to disable the symlink flag, but what about the build flag? That seems to me like it should be disabled.
Also I may not always have my wifi card in the PCMCIA slot, what should I do about that? |
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My experience is that pcmciautils aren't all that. As long as you set up the proper kernel support (yenta), you should have decent PCMCIA functionality. I have it with my old Toshiba, and things work just fine.
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Yenta?
All right I'll still use the vanilla-sources package and see what happens. To me it seems like I should have it since my laptop has PCMCIA slots.
I unmasked vanilla-sources-2.6.27.7 and I no longer get the gentoo-sources dependancy. |
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Yes, yenta is THE PCMCIA driver. That is why I set my kernel seeds such that when you click on the PCMCIA check box, it opens to yenta being selected for direct compilation into the kernel. That's one of those little things I popped into my seeds for the observant to catch.
Anyway, turn on yenta. As far as I know, it works with all standard PCMCIA II slots.
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| All righty then. |
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