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Re: kernel compile problem



on Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 04:51:06PM -0500, Jay Latham (deltamud@telocity.com) wrote:
> I was going to re-compile my kernel today to get rid of some of the
> things I don't need but when I got to the network card driver modules,
> mine was greyed out (Realtec 8139). This is on the 2.2.19pre17 kernel.
> I then went to the 2.2.19 kernel which offered two drivers (rtl8139
> and 8139too), but again both were greyed out. What do I need to
> activate in an earlier screen to make these drivers available to me.
> Networking support is activated as is module support. Both kernels
> came from debian. I haven't tried one from www.kernel.org yet. Also
> which one of these kernels is the latest version? I'm not at my debian
> workstation or I would look at the readme.

Have you selected "experimental features" option?  Many options are
disabled unless this is set.

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