[Sussex] Yet more gentoo

[Dominic]

ok,
I've found the module required.  For anyone who is interested, I 
recompiled the kernel with all the Network drivers as I thought might be 
possible (None of them said either Netgear FA311 or Natsemi).  Once I 
had done this the module had been created.

Does anyone know _what_ this driver _is_ generally named as in menuconfig?

Cheers,
Dominic

dominic wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Well my Gentoo installation is going well...  I am trying to get a big 
> project ready for work at the same time, so things with the Gentoo 
> install are only moving ahead in short bursts when I take a break :/
>
> I am at the point however, where the instructions say I should 
> configure the system for autoloading modules for the reboot (big 
> moment :).
>
> In particular in /etc/modules.autoload I would expect to find the 
> module for my Network card (A nasty old Netgear FA311 card which uses 
> a natsemi driver.  It isn't there, neither can I find it anywhere on 
> the filesystem (It wasn't available in menuconfig, when I built the 
> kernel either).
>
> The LiveCD had no problem autofinding and running my network without 
> any interference from me.
>
> So the question is:  Will the empty /etc/modules.autoload mean that my 
> NIC will not be found, and if so, how do I sort it out?  How did the 
> LiveCD manage it?
>
> Cheers,
> Dominic
>
>
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