From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755126AbYFLPCo (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:02:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752205AbYFLPCg (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:02:36 -0400 Received: from ag-out-0708.google.com ([72.14.246.250]:34180 "EHLO ag-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752067AbYFLPCg (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:02:36 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=V0r1NCDTeHxIePvmgflPM772Pi3S+ZBiXfOmNyAwEiQX2fBpVAsOMESWfanpsHZ4sk 2sZSABfc/9bW3CzckSunfdCSKeD7MEl6rTE9PR/jrsd6pRzkV5VfyyAjcDjOLlF8ODX0 e/nrGmCghzG08DuQmFmlMevLGlFatnFP4yh4I= Message-ID: <48513A85.7020002@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:02:29 -0500 From: Elijah Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080505) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alessandro Suardi CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 8139cp/too support not accessible? References: <4850C9F5.8000104@gmail.com> <5a4c581d0806120403n410b8deam627f4623d9b22a71@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5a4c581d0806120403n410b8deam627f4623d9b22a71@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 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')