Linksys Wireless on Gentoo

**loft306** · 10-23-2005

try building it into the kernel not as a module and with this u may need the firmware or not research it
below the kernel info on the driver

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 CONFIG_ATMEL&#58;                                                                               x  
  x                                                                                             x  
  x A driver 802.11b wireless cards based on the Atmel fast-vnet                                x  
  x chips. This driver supports standard Linux wireless extensions.                             x  
  x                                                                                             x  
  x Many  cards based on this chipset do not have flash memory                                  x  
  x and need their firmware loaded at start-up. If yours is                                     x  
  x one of these, you will need to provide a firmware image                                     x  
  x to be loaded into the card by the driver. The Atmel                                         x  
  x firmware package can be downloaded from                                                     x  
  x <http&#58;//www.thekelleys.org.uk/atmel>                                                        x  
  x                                                                                             x  
  x Symbol&#58; ATMEL &#91;=n&#93;                                                                          x  
  x Prompt&#58; Atmel at76c50x chipset  802.11b support                                             x  
  x   Defined at drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig&#58;224                                               x  
  x   Depends on&#58; NETDEVICES && NET_RADIO && EXPERIMENTAL                                       x  
  x   Location&#58;                                                                                 x  
  x     -> Device Drivers                                                                       x  
  x       -> Networking support                                                                 x  
  x         -> Network device support &#40;NETDEVICES &#91;=y&#93;&#41;                                         x  
  x           -> Wireless LAN &#40;non-hamradio&#41;                                                    x  
  x             -> Wireless LAN drivers &#40;non-hamradio&#41; & Wireless Extensions &#40;NET_RADIO &#91;=y&#93;&#41;   x  
  x   Selects&#58; FW_LOADER && CRC32

**Varean** · 10-28-2005

Same response. Is there someway I can test the module when my machine is booted up? I would like to take a look at the error output messages.

**Varean** · 10-31-2005

*bump*

Just a quick question for those w/the new kernel: Are there any new modules that pertain to any wireless gear? I have been playing around with my kernel in hopes of getting my adapter to work but no dice. I havent gotten around to upgrading my kernel but if they are new network upgrades I'll try and get around to it sooner.

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