Re: [gentoo-user] How to tie module name to Kernel CONFIG
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Re: [gentoo-user] How to tie module name to Kernel CONFIG
Its a tigon 3 broadcom nic if that helps, I can get the .config line once I beat traffic Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:56:30 To: Subject: [gentoo-user] How to tie module name to Kernel CONFIG Summary: How can I tie a module name (tg3) to a kernel config line? Details: Usually its kind of obvious if you dig around in .config a bit, but now always. I find the module at /lib/modules/2.6.24*/: ../kernel/drivers/net/tg3.ko But I haven't been able to nail that to a kernel config line. Searches inside menuconfig on TG3 turn up nothing. grep -i tg3 of the .config file find nothing. I'm pretty sure it located between `# Protocols' (line 1139) and `# Wireless' (line 1327) I'm sure it could be different in different .config files but those two section headings should be there... maybe not on those line numbers. It is a section that covers many of the network drivers After scanning there I still am not sure where tg3 comes from or what it is.
Re: [gentoo-user] How to tie module name to Kernel CONFIG
On Wednesday 10 December 2008 22:56:30 Harry Putnam wrote: > Summary: > How can I tie a module name (tg3) to a kernel config line? > > Details: > Usually its kind of obvious if you dig around in .config a bit, but > now always. > > I find the module at /lib/modules/2.6.24*/: > ../kernel/drivers/net/tg3.ko > > But I haven't been able to nail that to a kernel config line. Short answer: TIGON3 Long answer: You need to study voodoo and sacrifice a virgin at full moon to be able to find that out reliably. I can't, so I use google, which sometimes works :-) I'm also sure someone somewhere must have made a cross-reference list, but I haven't found it despite much search. Yes, this is what I would calle a major shortcoming in the kernel code. There's also the search function in menuconfig invoked with "/", which in this case doesn't help at all as tg3 doesn't show up. But help is at hand! The .config option you are looking for is CONFIG_TIGON3 My last notebook had one of those and I searched for ages before spotting one day that "t", "g" and "3" all appeared in "TIGON3". Sorry that I couldn't help with the more general question, at least you got an answer for the more specific case. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
[gentoo-user] How to tie module name to Kernel CONFIG
Summary: How can I tie a module name (tg3) to a kernel config line? Details: Usually its kind of obvious if you dig around in .config a bit, but now always. I find the module at /lib/modules/2.6.24*/: ../kernel/drivers/net/tg3.ko But I haven't been able to nail that to a kernel config line. Searches inside menuconfig on TG3 turn up nothing. grep -i tg3 of the .config file find nothing. I'm pretty sure it located between `# Protocols' (line 1139) and `# Wireless' (line 1327) I'm sure it could be different in different .config files but those two section headings should be there... maybe not on those line numbers. It is a section that covers many of the network drivers After scanning there I still am not sure where tg3 comes from or what it is.
