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On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 07:17:55PM +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> On Thursday 19 Dec 2013 15:18:15 the wrote: |
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> > On 12/19/13 17:50, Bruce Hill wrote: |
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> > > I *believe* if you have the driver built into your kernel: |
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> > > CONFIG_IPW2200=y then you need to have the firmware listed with |
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> > > these 2 lines: CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="ipw2200-bss.fw" |
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> > > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/" (Something similar to |
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> > > the CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE line. I don't use ipw2200 and that might |
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> > > not be the proper way. You said the file is there, you checked, so |
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> > > you should know the proper path and syntax.) |
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> > iirc I tried specifying extra firmware but it didn't load. |
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> Have a look at the section "Code Listing 2.10: Enabling external firmware" |
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> here: |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml?part=1&chap=7 |
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> Don't forget to recompile and *boot* the newly configured kernel after you do |
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> this. |
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Good post, Mick. It seems the amd64 Handbook is neutered concerning this. |
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Perhaps someone decided genkernel was a substitute for properly configuring a |
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custom kernel? If so, they should spend a day in #gentoo on IRC to help all |
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those poor blokes arriving with failure due to genkernel. |
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Cheers, |
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Bruce |
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List replies preferred. |
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. |
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Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? |
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A: Top-posting. |
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Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting |
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