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Caesars727
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 Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:56 pm Post subject: Atheros support not in kernel 2.6.30-gentoo-r4??? |
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Guys, its been 3 years or more since I have had to install gentoo on a computer. Anyway, like you say....they always come back.
So far, everything is going fine on the install, but I need to support my atheros wireless card.
It should be under
"Device Drivers=>Network device support=> Wireless LAN" in menuconfig, but it isnt there. What gives?
Looking at this recent thread ( https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-784637-highlight-atheros+wireless.html ), it looks like you have the option to select it.
| Code: | [*] Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11)
<M> Atheros 5xxx wireless cards support
<M> Atheros 802.11n wireless cards support |
Its been awhile for me, but what am I missing here? I would like to get off this wired connection and back on a wireless.
Thanks guys,
AGS |
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mikegpitt
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:36 am Post subject: |
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You probably don't have another option selected that the option depends on. See the "Depends on" line below, and enable those options. BTW - if you didn't know, you can search for options in menuconfig by type a / and typing in the config parameter (in this case ATH5K).
| Code: | x Symbol: ATH5K [=m] x
x Prompt: Atheros 5xxx wireless cards support x
x Defined at drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/Kconfig:1 x
x Depends on: NETDEVICES && !S390 && PCI && MAC80211 && WLAN_80211 && EXPERIMENTAL x
x Location: x
x -> Device Drivers x
x -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y]) x
x -> Wireless LAN x
x -> Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) (WLAN_80211 [=y]) x
x Selects: MAC80211_LEDS && LEDS_CLASS && NEW_LEDS |
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Caesars727
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:40 am Post subject: |
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| mikegpitt wrote: | You probably don't have another option selected that the option depends on. See the "Depends on" line below, and enable those options. BTW - if you didn't know, you can search for options in menuconfig by type a / and typing in the config parameter (in this case ATH5K).
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Sweet! Thanks for the advice!
Thats a great tip. I can totally see how useful that will be!
A.G. |
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mikegpitt
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:44 am Post subject: |
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| Caesars727 wrote: | | Thats a great tip. I can totally see how useful that will be! |
Definitly! When I figured out how to properly search for symbols in the kernel, configuring things got a whole lot easier  |
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cach0rr0
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:31 am Post subject: |
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| mikegpitt wrote: | | Caesars727 wrote: | | Thats a great tip. I can totally see how useful that will be! |
Definitly! When I figured out how to properly search for symbols in the kernel, configuring things got a whole lot easier |
seconded. thirded. That was the single biggest impact linux thing I've learned in the past 6 months, possibly the most helpful on the gentoo end.
That and finding drivers by PCI ID
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