Martins Steinbergs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) scribbled: > i would say there no support for ya net cart built into kernel/module > > On Thursday 13 October 2005 17:51, Michael Sullivan wrote: > > I got a new computer yesterday. As I was installing Gentoo on it, I ran > > into a problem. I've got the basic install set up, but my eth0 won't > > start. It would with the liveCD. When I boot up with the live CD and > > run: > > > > dmesg | grep 'eth0" it gives me this output: > > > > > > e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xff910000, irq 20, MAC addr 00:13:20:2B:98:18 > > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100 Mbps, full-duplex > > eth0: no IPv6 routers present > > > > > > However, when I reboot into my installed environment and run the same > > command, there's no mention of 'eth0'. I tried emerging net-misc/e100 (I > > thought it might help), but the build failed. Something about too many > > parameters being passed to a method. Is there anything I can do to > > resolve this other than filing a bug report?
It looks from the ebuild that net-misc/e100 was intended for 2.4.x series kernels (*.o as opposed to *.ko). I would suggest running 'make menuconfig' or similar and enabling e100 as a module from within the kernel tree. hth, jason. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list