[gentoo-dev] 1.4 RC1 - limited network drivers on live-cd

[Jean-Michel Smith]

Greetings,

Sorry if I missed this while on vacation, but is there any reason for the 
limited number of network drivers available on the 1.4-rc1 live CDs?  Several 
common drivers are missing, such as eepro100, ns83820, and tulip (which 
together encompass all of the NICs available to me).

Is it planned to add the missing network drivers to the boot CDs prior to the 
final release of 1.4?  It would seem to make sense to compile every single 
network driver available as a module, rather than just the few that are 
currently available in /lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/net.  As it is, the live 
CDs won't allow a network install of Gentoo 1.4 to a whole slew of hardware, 
including every single PC I manage.  Indeed, without the eepro100 drivers 
even the laptops are currently SOL.  I realize I can boot an old, functional 
1.2 CD and cobble together a 1.4 install, but this does seem like a bit of an 
oversight for a pending release.

Or have I missed something painfully obvious somewhere?

Jean.