Re: [gentoo-user] How can I add pcnet_cs to my installation?

[michael shiloh]

Sorry. I should have pointed that out. I am in fact using 2.6.

I actually got it all running, but I'm not sure exactly how.
I tried a kernel with no PCMCIA support, but when I emerged 
pcmcia-cs it failed due to needing PCMCIA support in the kernel. 
So I compiled the kernel again, this time turning on every 
single PCMCIA related item I could find. This time  pcmcia-cs
worked.

Some day I might redo this just to figure out what the critical
steps were, but I need to finish this installation so I can actually
use my laptop.

Still, I can see from the different answers, that there is a bit
of confusion about this issue. I appreciate all of your help as
I'll be installing Gentoo on many other computers, I'm sure.

Michael


On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Alessandro D.M. Semeria wrote:

> Micheal not say nothing about the kernel, then I supposed he had used
> a stable gentoo-sources (2.4) and not the devel one (2.6).
>
> Best regards.
> A.S.
>
>
> On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 11:46:36 +1300
> Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz> wrote:
>
> > What doc are you referring to?
> >
> > AFAIK if you are on 2.6 emerge pcmcia-cs does not emerge any kernel
> > modules, but only the support programs for pcmcia.
> >
> > Thats certainly seems to be what has happenned on my laptop, which has
> > just been reinstalled with 2004.3 as of last week.
> >
> >
> > invertigating further, this is from the ebuild:
> >
> >  "For 2.5/2.6 kernels, the PCMCIA support from the kernel should"
> > "be used. Enable PCMCIA and any further drivers you need there,"
> > "and then use this package to install the PCMCIA tools."
> >
> > It is otherwise for 2.4 , the ebuild says this:
> >
> > "To avail yourself of the pcmcia-cs drivers, you have to disable the"
> > "PCMCIA support in the kernel.  (Otherwise, you might experience"
> > "CardServices version mismatch errors)"
> > "Proper kernel config for this package is that PCMCIA/Card Bus under"
> > "General Setup is off and Wireless LAN (non-ham radio) is on but"
> > "no modules or drivers turned on under Network Device Support"
> > "if you have wireless."
> > "Also note it now appears that you need CONFIG_CRC32 turned on"
> > "These are the CRC32 Library functions in the config"
> >
> > (sorry about the formatting)
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 20:26:32 +0100
> > "Alessandro D.M. Semeria" <goloiat@××××××.it> wrote:
> >
> > > In my personal opinion is better to emerge pcmcia modules:
> > > "emerge pcmcia-cs" (as is recommended on doc).
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > >
> > > A.S.
> > >
> > > On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 10:52:34 +1300
> > > Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 10:49 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> > > > > you do not need to recompile the whole kernel, just the modules
> > > > > you need.
> > > > >
> > > > > in your menuconfig go into "Bus Options" and choose pcmcia
> > > > > support, with whatever options you need for your hardware.
> > > > >
> > > > > Then and only then will the right things appear under Device
> > > > > drivers/Networking Support, there will be a section for pcmcia
> > > > > drivers. Choose the NE2000 compatible one, and it will build
> > > > > pcnet_cs (according to what you read under Help anyway)
> > > >
> > > > Sorry I didn't finish :-)
> > > >
> > > > after putting the right config options in place, as modules, exit
> > > > menuconfig and execute the following
> > > >
> > > > make modules && make modules_install
> > > >
> > > > and for good measure:
> > > >
> > > > depmod -a
> > > >
> > > > it should then work without even a reboot.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 00:36 -0800, michael shiloh wrote:
> > > > > > Hello all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm installing Gentoo on an old laptop. After installing and
> > > > > > booting, I find that I forgot to add pcnet_cs, which I need
> > > > > > for my PCMCIA network card, so modprobe of that fails.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Looking through the archives, I gather that this normally gets
> > > > > > built with the kernel, but I don't want to rebuild the kernel.
> > > > > > Is there a package I can emerge that will provide this?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > (I can get onto the net by booting from the live CD)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Michael
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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