emerge -v linux-wlan-ng Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre16 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre16.tar.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) linux-wlan-ng-gentoo-init.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) pcmcia-cs-3.2.1.tar.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) pcmcia-cs-3.2.1-3.2.2.diff.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) pcmcia-cs-3.2.1-3.2.3.diff.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) pcmcia-cs-3.2.1-3.2.4.diff.gz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre16.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng -0.2.1_pre16/work >>> Unpacking linux-wlan-ng-gentoo-init.gz to /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2 .1_pre16/work >>> Unpacking pcmcia-cs-3.2.1.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre 16/work * Applying pcmcia-cs-3.2.1-3.2.4.diff.gz... [ ok ] >>> Source unpacked. -------- Linux PCMCIA Configuration Script -------- The default responses for each question are correct for most users. Consult the PCMCIA-HOWTO for additional info about each option. Linux kernel source directory [/usr/src/linux] The kernel source tree is version 2.6.1-gentoo-r1. The current kernel build date is Wed Jan 14 20:44:40 2004. Build 'trusting' versions of card utilities (y/n) [y] Include 32-bit (CardBus) card support (y/n) [y] Include PnP BIOS resource checking (y/n) [y] Module install directory [/lib/modules/2.6.1-gentoo-r1] 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 enabled. Memory leak detection support is disabled. Spinlock debugging 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_pre16 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 137, Exitcode 1 !!! failed configuring pcmcia-cs Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. emerge info Portage 2.0.50_pre21 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.3_pre20040117-r0, 2.6.1-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.1-gentoo-r1 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 2.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.12 distcc 2.12.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.57a,sys-devel/autoconf-2.59 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.7.8 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/tomcat/conf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X Xaw3d aalib accessibility acl alsa antlr apache2 apm arts artswrappersuid atlas avi bcel berkdb bidi bonobo bsh cap caps cdr chroot crypt cscope cups curl dga directfb doc dv dvb dvd encode esd evo faad fbcon firebird flac flash foomaticdb freetds gb gd gdbm ggi gif gnome gnomedb gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile idea imagemagick imap imlib informix innodb ipv6 java javamail javascript jbig jdepend jpeg jsch junit jython kde kerberos krb4 lcms ldap libg++ libgda libwww log4j mad maildir matroska mbox mcal mdb menu mikmod motif mozilla mozinterfaceinfo moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mozsvg mozxmlterm mpeg mpi mysql nas ncurses nhc98 nls nptl objc oci8 odbc oggvorbis opengl optional-tasks oro oss pam pcmcia pda pdflib perl pg-hier pg-intdatetime pg-vacuumdelay pic png pnp postgres ppds python qt quicktime readline regexp rhino rplay ruby ruby18 samba sasl sdl skey slang slp snmp sox spell sqlite sse ssl stroke svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype trusted ucs2 unicode usb wmf x86 xalan xerces xface xinerama xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Please try using version 0.2.1_pre17-r1 which is in portage now. You should only have to disable sandbox to get that working. See bug #32737 for info on the new work being done to fully resolve external module compilation with 2.6 kernels.
does it work with the latest version?