On Saturday 04 August 2007 16:55, Matthew R. Lee wrote: > I'm having problems getting the wifi on my laptop to work. > The laptop is a Compaq Presario V5214ea > The wifi card is a Broadcom 4311 (rev 1) > I've been looking at the Gentoo Wiki page: > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_BCM43xx > > The problem I've run into is with the kernel setup (kernel > linux-2.6.21-gentoo-r4) > > Under > Device Drivers --> > Network device support --> > Wireless LAN drivers > "Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support" does not appear. > Has it been removed from the kernel for some reason? Do I need to enable > some other option in order to make this option available? I have enabled > the PCI express support. > > Any clues would be most welcome
Try: Location: -> Device Drivers -> Network device support -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y]) -> Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) -> Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extension -> Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support (BCM43XX [=m]) -- Regards, Mick
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