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From: Saphirus Sage <saphirus497@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] can't find ralink driver in 2.6.28-gentoo-r4 kernel
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:19:30
Message-Id: 49F4EBFD.9060405@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] can't find ralink driver in 2.6.28-gentoo-r4 kernel by Daniel Pielmeier
1 Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
2 > maxim wexler schrieb am 27.04.2009 00:09:
3 >
4 >> Hi group,
5 >>
6 >> For a #make menuconfig on the 2.6.28-gentoo-r4 sources trying to uncover the ralink driver.
7 >>
8 >> When I type /rt2x00 I'm told it's defined in drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig:1 and can be found by following the path:
9 >>
10 >> device drivers -> net device support -> wireless lan
11 >>
12 >> I didn't see it there. Anybody else have this problem? Is it named something else?
13 >>
14 >> According to serialmonkey the add-on driver is no longer maintained. And the one that comes with portage never worked for me.
15 >>
16 >> Maxim
17 >>
18 >
19 > Take a look in the "Depends on" line of the item you have identified as
20 > the driver in the /rt2x00 search output. Maybe something is not enabled
21 > that is needed for the driver to show up.
22 >
23 >
24 I just checked on my 2.6.29-r1, and that path is accurate, and it's at
25 the bottom of the list under Wireless LAN. I recall I set this when I
26 was on the 2.6.26 kernel, so I can say almost without a doubt that it
27 should be on the 2.6.28-r4. Yes, all these are from gentoo-sources.