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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Kernel config for wifi on AMD_64?
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:03:49
Message-Id: 20110123220232.GA4062@waltdnes.org
1 I got myself an AMD-based Acer notebook recently. The wireless chip
2 shows up under lspci -v as...
3
4 06:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless
5 Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
6 Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device e01f
7 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
8 Memory at d0300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
9 Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
10 Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
11 Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
12 Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Count=1 Masked-
13 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
14 Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
15 Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
16
17 I checked Google and the Gentoo wiki for the proper kernel config.
18 Just one problem... the docs I could find were for older kernels. I'm
19 running 2.6.36-gentoo-r5 and the options layout is quite different from
20 what I see in the docs. Here's what I've set in "make menuconfig",
21 based on gut feeling...
22
23 --- Wireless
24 <*> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API
25 [ ] nl80211 testmode command
26 [ ] enable developer warnings
27 [ ] cfg80211 regulatory debugging
28 [*] enable powersave by default
29 [ ] cfg80211 DebugFS entries
30 [ ] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility
31 <*> Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
32 [ ] lib80211 debugging messages (NEW)
33 <*> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
34 Default rate control algorithm (Minstrel) --->
35 [ ] Enable mac80211 mesh networking (pre-802.11s) support
36 [*] Enable LED triggers
37 [ ] Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS
38 [ ] Select mac80211 debugging features --->
39
40 And a couple of levels deep under "Device drivers", I've selected...
41
42 <*> Atheros 802.11n wireless cards support
43
44 Does it look OK, or would anyone recommend changes? BTW, I'm running
45 pure 64-bit mode.
46
47 --
48 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>

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