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Hi there. I'd like to get into 2.6.0 on my laptop. It has better acpi
support, powernow and so on. But I have a problem: when I emerge
linux-wlan-ng, here's what it say:
[...]
Kernel configuration options:
Kernel-tree PCMCIA support is enabled.
Symmetric multiprocessing support is disabled.
Preemptive kernel support is enabled.
High memory support is disabled.
PCI BIOS support is enabled.
Power management (APM) support is enabled.
SCSI support is enabled.
IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support is disabled.
Networking support is enabled.
Radio network interface support is enabled.
Token Ring device support is disabled.
Fast switching is disabled.
Frame Diverter is disabled.
Module version checking is enabled.
Kernel debugging support is disabled.
Preemptive kernel patch is enabled.
/proc filesystem support is enabled.
PAE support is disabled.

/usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h does not exist!
To fix, run 'make dep' in /usr/src/linux.

Configuration failed.


!!! ERROR: net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre11 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 138, Exitcode 1
!!! failed configuring pcmcia-cs



No need to say, /usr/src/linux is a symlink to the 2.6.0test8
sourcecode. How could I solve? 2.6 does not allow make dep... Thanks!

Thats sounds like a big problem, wlan-ng only want to know which version
the modules must have. But 2.6 has a other module system (or ?).

Perhaps, you can unpack a default 2.4.xxx kernel and borrow the
modversion.h (edit it ?).

Would be a dirty solution....


PS: lwan-ng 2.6 runs on my laptop perfectly with 2.4.21-pfeifer....
only the config is ......

Am Thu, 23 Oct 2003 01:03:14 +0200 schrieb Stefano Marinelli
<draga@despammed.com> :

> Hi there. I'd like to get into 2.6.0 on my laptop. It has better acpi
> support, powernow and so on. But I have a problem: when I emerge
> linux-wlan-ng, here's what it say:
> [...]
> Kernel configuration options:
> Kernel-tree PCMCIA support is enabled.
> Symmetric multiprocessing support is disabled.
> Preemptive kernel support is enabled.
> High memory support is disabled.
> PCI BIOS support is enabled.
> Power management (APM) support is enabled.
> SCSI support is enabled.
> IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support is disabled.
> Networking support is enabled.
> Radio network interface support is enabled.
> Token Ring device support is disabled.
> Fast switching is disabled.
> Frame Diverter is disabled.
> Module version checking is enabled.
> Kernel debugging support is disabled.
> Preemptive kernel patch is enabled.
> /proc filesystem support is enabled.
> PAE support is disabled.
>
> /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h does not exist!
> To fix, run 'make dep' in /usr/src/linux.
>
> Configuration failed.
>
>
> !!! ERROR: net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre11 failed.
> !!! Function src_compile, Line 138, Exitcode 1
> !!! failed configuring pcmcia-cs
>
>
>
> No need to say, /usr/src/linux is a symlink to the 2.6.0test8
> sourcecode. How could I solve? 2.6 does not allow make dep... Thanks!
>

Stefano Marinelli wrote:

> /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h does not exist!

> No need to say, /usr/src/linux is a symlink to the 2.6.0test8
> sourcecode. How could I solve? 2.6 does not allow make dep... Thanks!

I have both kernels installed, 2.4 and 2.6. /usr/src/linux is a symlink to
to 2.4 and /usr/src/linux-beta to 2.6.

Meanwhile I switched from linux-wlan-ng to the kernel drivers, because I
never got suspend/resume working with linux-wlan-ng.

mg

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 08:23:13 +0200, Martin Gramatke wrote:

> Stefano Marinelli wrote:
>
>> /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h does not exist!
>
>> No need to say, /usr/src/linux is a symlink to the 2.6.0test8
>> sourcecode. How could I solve? 2.6 does not allow make dep... Thanks!
>
> I have both kernels installed, 2.4 and 2.6. /usr/src/linux is a symlink to
> to 2.4 and /usr/src/linux-beta to 2.6.
>
> Meanwhile I switched from linux-wlan-ng to the kernel drivers, because I
> never got suspend/resume working with linux-wlan-ng.
>
> mg

Can you explain me how I can also have 2 gentoo kernels without loosing
any modules or what so ever?
Is it difficult?
I use lilo as boot manager.

Matata wrote:

> Can you explain me how I can also have 2 gentoo kernels without loosing
> any modules or what so ever?

Each version has it's own modules directory, have a look into /lib/modules.
So there is no conflict.
Maybe you need different modules to be auto-loaded at startup. Therefore
/etc/modules.autoload is a link to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-X. You
should change it, before booting the other kernel. But probably you can
make the kernel configurations that similar so you don't need different
modules.autoload.
You have to copy both kernels into /boot partition, of course with different
names, e.g. bzImage-2.6 and bzImage-2.4.
I use grub as boot manager, which has a easy to use configuration file. Be
aware of grub's drive naming convention, e.g. hd0,0 means hda,1. Just enter
these filenames at the right place and it is done. This is well explained
in gentoo's installation guide. I am sure there is also a description for
lilo.

mg

Gabor Janak wrote:

> Perhaps, you can unpack a default 2.4.xxx kernel and borrow the
> modversion.h (edit it ?).

It didn't work. By the way, the matter is that the "emerge
linux-wlan-ng" wants to compile pcmcia-cs with all the drivers, so it
needs that. But, at the same time, if you disable the pcmcia support of
the kernel, pcmcia-cs says that it should be enabled on 2.5.x and
2.6.x. What a mess!

> PS: lwan-ng 2.6 runs on my laptop perfectly with 2.4.21-pfeifer....
> only the config is ......

What's the difference between gentoo kernel and pfeifer one?

Stefano

Am Mon, 27 Oct 2003 00:05:11 +0100 schrieb Stefano Marinelli
<draga@despammed.com> :

> Gabor Janak wrote:
>
> > Perhaps, you can unpack a default 2.4.xxx kernel and borrow the
> > modversion.h (edit it ?).
>
> It didn't work. By the way, the matter is that the "emerge
> linux-wlan-ng" wants to compile pcmcia-cs with all the drivers, so it
> needs that. But, at the same time, if you disable the pcmcia support
> of the kernel, pcmcia-cs says that it should be enabled on 2.5.x and
> 2.6.x. What a mess!
hm, thats bad...

>
> > PS: lwan-ng 2.6 runs on my laptop perfectly with 2.4.21-pfeifer....
> > only the config is ......
>
> What's the difference between gentoo kernel and pfeifer one?
Pfeifer has more new Patches.
More Information :
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml

>
> Stefano