Re: [gentoo-user] How can I add pcnet_cs to my installation?

[Alessandro D.M. Semeria]

Micheal not say nothing about the kernel, then I supposed he had used 
a stable gentoo-sources (2.4) and not the devel one (2.6).

Best regards.
A.S.


On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 11:46:36 +1300
Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz> wrote:

> What doc are you referring to?
>
> AFAIK if you are on 2.6 emerge pcmcia-cs does not emerge any kernel
> modules, but only the support programs for pcmcia.
>
> Thats certainly seems to be what has happenned on my laptop, which has
> just been reinstalled with 2004.3 as of last week.
>
>
> invertigating further, this is from the ebuild:
>
>  "For 2.5/2.6 kernels, the PCMCIA support from the kernel should"
> "be used. Enable PCMCIA and any further drivers you need there,"
> "and then use this package to install the PCMCIA tools."
>
> It is otherwise for 2.4 , the ebuild says this:
>
> "To avail yourself of the pcmcia-cs drivers, you have to disable the"
> "PCMCIA support in the kernel.  (Otherwise, you might experience"
> "CardServices version mismatch errors)"
> "Proper kernel config for this package is that PCMCIA/Card Bus under"
> "General Setup is off and Wireless LAN (non-ham radio) is on but"
> "no modules or drivers turned on under Network Device Support"
> "if you have wireless."
> "Also note it now appears that you need CONFIG_CRC32 turned on"
> "These are the CRC32 Library functions in the config"
>
> (sorry about the formatting)
>
>
> On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 20:26:32 +0100
> "Alessandro D.M. Semeria" <goloiat@××××××.it> wrote:
>
> > In my personal opinion is better to emerge pcmcia modules:
> > "emerge pcmcia-cs" (as is recommended on doc).
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > A.S.
> >
> > On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 10:52:34 +1300
> > Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 10:49 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> > > > you do not need to recompile the whole kernel, just the modules
> > > > you need.
> > > >
> > > > in your menuconfig go into "Bus Options" and choose pcmcia
> > > > support, with whatever options you need for your hardware.
> > > >
> > > > Then and only then will the right things appear under Device
> > > > drivers/Networking Support, there will be a section for pcmcia
> > > > drivers. Choose the NE2000 compatible one, and it will build
> > > > pcnet_cs (according to what you read under Help anyway)
> > >
> > > Sorry I didn't finish :-)
> > >
> > > after putting the right config options in place, as modules, exit
> > > menuconfig and execute the following
> > >
> > > make modules && make modules_install
> > >
> > > and for good measure:
> > >
> > > depmod -a
> > >
> > > it should then work without even a reboot.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 00:36 -0800, michael shiloh wrote:
> > > > > Hello all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm installing Gentoo on an old laptop. After installing and
> > > > > booting, I find that I forgot to add pcnet_cs, which I need
> > > > > for my PCMCIA network card, so modprobe of that fails.
> > > > >
> > > > > Looking through the archives, I gather that this normally gets
> > > > > built with the kernel, but I don't want to rebuild the kernel.
> > > > > Is there a package I can emerge that will provide this?
> > > > >
> > > > > (I can get onto the net by booting from the live CD)
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Michael
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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