Re: [gentoo-user] wireless setup bcm4311

[Mick]

On Saturday 04 August 2007 16:55, Matthew R. Lee wrote:
> I'm having problems getting the wifi on my laptop to work.
> The laptop is a Compaq Presario V5214ea
> The wifi card is a Broadcom 4311 (rev 1)
> I've been looking at the Gentoo Wiki page:
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_BCM43xx
>
> The problem I've run into is with the kernel setup (kernel
> linux-2.6.21-gentoo-r4)
>
> Under
> Device Drivers -->
>    Network device support -->
>      Wireless LAN drivers
>  "Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support" does not appear.
> Has it been removed from the kernel for some reason?  Do I need to enable
> some other option in order to make this option available?  I have enabled
> the PCI express support.
>
> Any clues would be most welcome

Try:

Location:                                                               
 -> Device Drivers
   -> Network device support
     -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y])
       -> Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)
         -> Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extension
           -> Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support (BCM43XX [=m])


-- 
Regards,
Mick

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