Re: 8139cp/too support not accessible?

[Elijah Anderson]

Thank you. That worked.

Sorry about the confusion, I just didn't know where else to ask. For 
future reference, what's a better list to ask for that sort of question?

Alessandro Suardi wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Elijah Anderson <kd0bpv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hey List,
> >
> > I will admit right off the bat that I'm new to interacting directly with the
> > kernel, much less building one.
> >
> > The issue I'm having is that my ethernet card requires either the 8139cp or
> > 8139too module. I don't remember which one, so I want to modularize them
> > both. Problem is, using $make xconfig; I can't select it. I have the
> > interface set to show me all the options, but the modules I need are grayed
> > out and I can't change the value.
> >
> > Using $make config; It doesn't show them, even if I say Y to "Prompt for
> > development and/or incomplete code/drivers"
> >
> > Is there a way to manually select those drivers for modularization, or am I
> > just missing a step somewhere?
> >
> > Thank you.
>
> That's not really a kernel issue... however, since I have
>  that configuration (both drivers modular) at home, I
>  know it works :)
>
> You probably haven't selected NET_PCI, which is the
>     entry described by
>
>  "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers"
>
> The drivers you want depend on the above entry being selected.
>
> --alessandro
>
>  "Give me love / Or give me hate
>  Give me anything that's not just ok"
>
>  (Sophia, 'Weightless')
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