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On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Francesco Talamona |
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<francesco.talamona@××××.eu> wrote: |
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>> What is 'b43'? |
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>> When I have that problem I typically start with |
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>> cat /usr/src/.config | grep b43 |
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>> which returns nothing implying to me that b43 doesn't exist at all. |
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>> - Mark |
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> Mark this isn't a good test. It only says that your config doesn't contain |
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> references to b43. |
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> If you do "make menuconfig" and then search for b43 (type slash to reach the |
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> search functionality) many entries will show up: I count 23 hits in |
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> 2.6.39-gentoo-r1 kernel. |
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> Grant: you say that the requirements are satisfied, yet I see "MAC80211 |
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> [=n]", could be it? Same way as above to see where the option you lack can |
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> be activated |
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> HTH |
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> Francesco |
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Thanks Francesco. I didn't know that the config would eliminate |
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options. My experience in the past had been that it would be in the |
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config but commented out and saying 'not set'. |
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Good to know this if I have a problem like this again in the future. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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