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