On Wed, May 24 2017, Daniel Frey wrote: > 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
Thank you dan, but how do I tell the build which /lib/modules/* to use. I gave two guesses above. allan
