On Saturday 04 August 2007 01:40:30 pm Matthew R. Lee wrote: > On Saturday 04 August 2007 12:59, Mick wrote: > > 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]) > > It's not there, it's not on the list > I have Network device support and Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & > Wireless Extension checked > -- > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > Dr. Matthew R. Lee > CASEB & ECIM > Departamento de Ecologia, > P. Universidad Catolica de Chile, > Alameda 340, Santiago. > CP 6513677 > CHILE > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > URL: meiochile.matthewlee.org > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
It's in the later versions of the kernel. I've been using 2.6.22.1 with zero problems... bcm43xx included. Cheers. -- From the Desk of: Jerome D. McBride -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
