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From: daid kahl <daidxor@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:37:12
Message-Id: 3ac129340902170337u215c0570n882217195623dfdc@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade by Guillermo Garron
1 2009/2/16 Guillermo Garron <guillermo.fedora@×××××.com>
2
3 > Hi,
4 >
5 > I am new to Gentoo, and yes I am also new to compiling kernels.
6 >
7 >
8 I recently got in to configuring my own kernel (I'm not sure if you're at
9 this level or using other people's .config files); it's a bit lazy and maybe
10 risky not to configure it yourself, but you have to start somewhere.
11
12 In any case, the two things I found most helpful are kccmp and
13 http://cateee.net. The first is a program to compare two kernel
14 configurations, and tell you the differences between them, and so on,
15 displayed in a nice table in X; you can find it in the portage tree. Before
16 I found that, I was literally like comparing the files by hand on print outs
17 and stuff...what a nightmare. The other is a Debian developer's site, but
18 there is a large part on kernel configuration (specifically at
19 http://cateee.net/lkddb/). I didn't actually find a really easy way to
20 search the site besides doing a google site-limited query (CONFIG_BLAH_BLAH
21 site:cateee.net), but once you get to a config page, at the bottom there is
22 also a google bar with a radio button for just searching that site. There
23 could be better places to look for kernel configuration options, but that's
24 what I was using, and obviously, if you want to configure your kernel, you
25 should have a place to look up the options, and that database has a basic
26 description of most (but not all) configurations at least for up to 2.6.26
27 (maybe later, but that's what I'm using right now). Maybe other people can
28 point to other resources?
29
30 Also, you should avoid using oldconfig except for really minor kernel
31 upgrades. I know this is mentioned in documentation elsewhere, but just a
32 useful reminder.
33
34 ~daid

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade Guillermo Garron <guillermo.fedora@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>