'emerge world' fails with: ... * CPV: net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.4.4133.20100621 * REPO: gentoo * USE: elibc_glibc kernel_linux userland_GNU x86 * Determining the location of the kernel source code * Found kernel source directory: * /usr/src/linux * Found kernel object directory: * /lib/modules/2.6.34-gentoo-r2/build * Found sources for kernel version: * 2.6.34-gentoo-r2 * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options... * madwifi-ng-0.9.4.4133.20100621 requires CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT selected by some Wireless LAN drivers (e.g CONFIG_ * Please check to make sure these options are set correctly. * Failure to do so may cause unexpected problems. * Once you have satisfied these options, please try merging * this package again. * ERROR: net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.4.4133.20100621 failed: But there is no such kernel options neither for gentoo-sources-2.6.34-r2 nor for gentoo-sources-2.6.35-r2. I suppose, since *-sources-2.6.33 there is only CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS, root@thinkpad:/usr/local/portage/sci-libs/gdal(179)# grep CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT /boot/config* ... /boot/config-2.6.32.1_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y /boot/config-2.6.32.1_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y /boot/config-2.6.32-gentoo-r1_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intph:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y /boot/config-2.6.32-gentoo-r1_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intph:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y /boot/config-2.6.32-gentoo-r3_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y /boot/config-2.6.32-gentoo-r3_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y /boot/config-2.6.32-gentoo-r6_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y /boot/config-2.6.32-gentoo-r6_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y /boot/config-2.6.32-gentoo_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y /boot/config-2.6.32-gentoo_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y /boot/config-2.6.33.5-rt23_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y /boot/config-2.6.33-gentoo-r1_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y /boot/config-2.6.33-gentoo-r2_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y /boot/config-2.6.33_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y /boot/config-2.6.33-rc2_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y /boot/config-2.6.34-gentoo-r1_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y /boot/config-2.6.34-gentoo-r2_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y /boot/config-2.6.34-gentoo_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y /boot/config-2.6.34_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y /boot/config-2.6.34-rc6_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y /boot/config_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y /boot/config_radeonfb_ioapic_ip6_intphy:CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y Reproducible: Always
Juerge it's not in .config because you have not enabled any wireless driver that will select it. But option is still there. just enable something like "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 ISA and PCI cards" (CONFIG_AIRO or CONFIG_IPW2100 as eerror message suggests) and you'll find CONFIG_WIRELESS=y inside .config.
I have a Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC. Now I am using the ath5k driver for WLAN communication. In the past I used the madwifi-ng. If I activate all ATH specific options, CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT is not set: root@thinkpad:/usr/src/linux(31)# grep -i ath .config # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set CONFIG_BT_ATH3K=m CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug" # CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH is not set # CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH is not set CONFIG_ATH_COMMON=m # CONFIG_ATH_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_ATH5K=m # CONFIG_ATH5K_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_ATH9K_HW=m CONFIG_ATH9K_COMMON=m CONFIG_ATH9K=m # CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUGFS is not set CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC=m # CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC_DEBUGFS is not set root@thinkpad:/usr/src/linux(32)# grep CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT .config CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS=y If I activate CONFIG_IPW2100 I get also the CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT option. But does it make sense, to activate the CONFIG_IPW2100 if I want to get madwifi_ng for an atheros card?
(In reply to comment #2) > If I activate CONFIG_IPW2100 I get also the CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT option. > But does it make sense, to activate the CONFIG_IPW2100 if I want to get > madwifi_ng for an atheros card? Yup, there is no other way: http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/madwifi-devel/2010/1/11/6697083
