I tried to emerge ipw2200, with my 2.6.9-mm1 kernel sources, but there is a known problem with PCI and mm-kernels, but the patch provided on ipw2200.sf.net isn't applied. It's a pitty sinc kegg Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Not to be pissy, but for the gazillionth time, the mobile team does not have the energy to support every -mm, -nitro, -ac, -ricer kernel that people use. Supported kernels are gentoo-dev-source, gentoo-sources, vanilla-sources, and dev-sources. If any change shows up in any of these kernels, only then will we address it.