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On 24/05/2017 20:46, allan gottlieb wrote: |
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> On Wed, May 24 2017, Daniel Frey wrote: |
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>> On 05/24/2017 11:10 AM, allan gottlieb wrote: |
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>>> My older laptop needs broadcom-sta. Back when I bought and setup the |
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>>> laptop (kernel 3.18.12), I emerged broadcom-sta and wireless worked. |
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>>> Now I am upgrading to kernel 4.9.16. The kernel boots but no wireless. |
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>>> In /lib/modules/3.18.12-gentoo-3 I have net/wireless/wl.ko. |
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>>> In /lib/modules/4.9.16-gentoo-3 there is no net. |
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>>> Am I supposed to remerge broadcom-sta? If so how do I indicate the |
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>>> kernel version for /lib/modules? |
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>>> Do I set the the /usr/src/linux symlink? |
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>>> Do I run 4.9.16 during the emerge? |
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>>> Something else? |
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>>> thanks, |
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>>> allan |
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>> Sounds like it installs kernel modules, so yes, after a new kernel build |
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>> you need to re-emerge all packages that install modules. Easiest way to |
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>> emerge all packages that install kernel modules is: |
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>> `emerge -a @module-rebuild` |
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>> Dan |
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> Thank you dan, but how do I tell the build which /lib/modules/* to use. |
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> I gave two guesses above. |
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> allan |
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it installs according to the /usr/src/linux symlink |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |