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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] No wifi
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 01:53:54
Message-Id: 20200714015336.GA14116@waltdnes.org
1 The last part of getting my Lenovo T400 fully functional is the wifi.
2 "lspci" shows "03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless
3 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection". I tried to follow instructions
4 but am getting no sign of wifi at all. Both "ifconfig" and "ip" only
5 show eth0 and lo. In "make menuconfig" I have
6
7 Networking support > Wireless
8
9 --- Wireless
10 <*> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API
11 [ ] nl80211 testmode command
12 [ ] enable developer warnings
13 [*] enable powersave by default
14 [ ] cfg80211 DebugFS entries
15 [ ] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility
16 <*> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
17 Default rate control algorithm (Minstrel) --->
18 [ ] Enable mac80211 mesh networking support
19 -*- Enable LED triggers
20 [ ] Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS
21 [ ] Trace all mac80211 debug messages
22 [ ] Select mac80211 debugging features ----
23
24 Device Drivers > Network device support > Wireless LAN
25
26 --- Wireless LAN
27 [ ] ADMtek devices
28 [ ] Atheros/Qualcomm devices
29 [ ] Atmel devices
30 [ ] Broadcom devices
31 [ ] Cisco devices
32 [*] Intel devices
33 < > Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
34 < > Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection
35 < > Intel Wireless WiFi 4965AGN (iwl4965)
36 < > Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection (iwl3945)
37 <*> Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi)
38 <*> Intel Wireless WiFi DVM Firmware support
39 < > Intel Wireless WiFi MVM Firmware support
40 Debugging Options ---
41
42 The <Help> for "Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN... etc" points to
43 https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi#firmware which
44 points to iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11.tar.gz that supports iwldvm on the
45 5100AGN
46
47 Device Drivers > Generic Driver Options > Firmware loader
48
49 -*- Firmware loading facility
50 (iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11/iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode) Build named firmware blobs into the kernel binary
51 (/lib/firmware) Firmware blobs root directory
52 [ ] Enable the firmware sysfs fallback mechanism
53 [ ] Enable compressed firmware support
54
55 The kernel build goes smoothly. What am I missing?
56
57 --
58 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
59 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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Re: [gentoo-user] No wifi Ashley Dixon <ash@××××××××××.uk>