When configuring device support, at least two modules are missing and thererefore can't be compiled 1) forcedeth 2) 8139too This does not happen with git-sources >= 2.6.24-r1 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. unmask gentoo-sources-2.6.24 and emerge it 2. make menuconfig 3. Devices -> Network Device Support > Ethernet (10 or 100 Mbit) Actual Results: Can't connect to the LAN although the above devices are quite widespread Portage 2.1.4 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0, gcc-4.2.2, glibc-2.7-r1, 2.6.23-gentoo-r5 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.23-gentoo-r5 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz Timestamp of tree: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:16:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.3 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r8, 2.5.1-r5 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17-r1, 2.17.50.0.16, 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -msse3 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/4.0/env /usr/kde/4.0/share/config /usr/kde/4.0/shutdown /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -msse3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache collision-protect distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS=" http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/gentoo/" LINGUAS="en it" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/Dottout /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac aalib acl acpi alsa amd64 arts bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth browserplugin bzip2 cddb cdr cjk cli cracklib crypt cups curl dbus divx4linux dri dts dvb dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd exif fam fame ffmpeg firefox fortran freetype ftp fuse gd gdbm ggi gif gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal iconv ieee1394 imagemagick imlib ipod ipv6 isdnlog java jikes jpeg kde kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility kdexdeltas ldap libwww live logitech-mouse mad matroska midi mime mjpeg mmx mmx2 mmxext mp3 mpeg mudflap musicbrainz mysql nas ncurses networkmanager nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg oggvorbis opengl openmp pam pcre pdf pdflib perl png pppd python qt qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdk sdl session spell spl sse sse2 ssl svg tcltk tcpd threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1 type1-fonts unicode userlocales v4l v4l2 vorbis wmf x264 xcomposite xforms xine xml xorg xosd xv xvid xvmc zeroconf zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" DVB_CARDS="ttpci" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en it" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
No, they are clearly not missing. Start with a fresh .config and type /8139too <enter> or /forcedeth <enter> and see for yourself.
(In reply to comment #1) > No, they are clearly not missing. Start with a fresh .config and type > > /8139too <enter> or /forcedeth <enter> and see for yourself. > Ok, but why then make oldconfig (from my current 2.6.23-gentoo-r5) didn't work?
Do NOT use make oldconfig between kernel versions. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml#doc_chap10
