On 24/05/2017 20:46, allan gottlieb wrote: > 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 >
it installs according to the /usr/src/linux symlink -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
