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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB Wireless Network Adapter?
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:34:59
Message-Id: 49bf44f10801051524s48bb48b1jb735583229c963a7@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB Wireless Network Adapter? by TimeBreach
1 > For rt73usb no firmware is needed. Just use vanilla kernel built-in module.
2 >
3 > as i did:
4 >
5 > CONFIG_RT2X00=m
6 > CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB=m
7 > CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_USB=m
8 > CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_FIRMWARE=y
9 > # CONFIG_RT2400PCI is not set
10 > # CONFIG_RT2500PCI is not set
11 > # CONFIG_RT61PCI is not set
12 > # CONFIG_RT2500USB is not set
13 > CONFIG_RT73USB=m
14 > CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_DEBUGFS=y
15 > CONFIG_RT2X00_DEBUG=y
16 >
17 > With:
18 >
19 > [I] sys-kernel/vanilla-sources
20 > Installed versions: 2.6.24_rc5(2.6.24_rc5)(02:05:20
21 > 16.12.2007)(-build -symlink)
22 > Homepage: http://www.kernel.org
23 > Description: Full sources for the Linux kernel
24
25 I'm using vanilla-sources-2.6.24-rc6 and I have the same options
26 enabled as you except for the debug stuff, but the driver only works
27 if I have /lib/firmware/rt73.bin which is installed by the
28 bugs.gentoo.org ebuild for rt73-9999. Can you verify that you don't
29 have that file?
30
31 - Grant
32
33 > Regards, Kalden.
34 --
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