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From: Florian HEGRON <hogren@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 11:03:51
Message-Id: 50b720dd82c74871ccd4f44bb1904c7b@iiiha.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem by Mick
1 Hello list !
2
3 Yesterday, I win !
4
5 :)
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7 I just test to build as [M]odule the firmware.
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9 It's good for me because I don't want to have a permanently connexion.
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12 I think that I will test the second method just for fun :
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14 > On 12/19/13 17:50, Bruce Hill wrote:
15 > > I *believe* if you have the driver built into your kernel:
16 > > CONFIG_IPW2200=y then you need to have the firmware listed with
17 > > these 2 lines: CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="ipw2200-bss.fw"
18 > > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/" (Something similar to
19 > > the CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE line. I don't use ipw2200 and that might
20 > > not be the proper way. You said the file is there, you checked, so
21 > > you should know the proper path and syntax.)
22
23 and I will learn that :
24 > Have a look at the section "Code Listing 2.10: Enabling external
25 > firmware"
26 > here:
27 >
28 > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml?part=1&chap=7
29 >
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32 Thank you all for your help.
33 I am happy that I spent the time to discover this distro and its
34 community.