What is done when you have "wavelan" in your use statement? What else is requied to get a prisim based wireless card running if you have this set? Do you still need to get wireless support built into the kernal? Do i still need to get modules for my specific card? (Linksys WPC11)
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veggie2u
what does USE="wavelan" do exactly
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"If you wish to use the built-in wvlan drivers rather than the Orinoco deivers, please set the wavelan flag."
I read that, not entirely sure what it entails. Does that mean that all the support will be built into the kernal when I compile it?
When I look out at the wlan-ng readme it talks about needing the source for the kernal and pcmcia. If use="wavelan" is set, does that mean that everyting is taken care of? Do I still need to get the module for my card? Or is that done too?
veggie2u
I read that, not entirely sure what it entails. Does that mean that all the support will be built into the kernal when I compile it?
When I look out at the wlan-ng readme it talks about needing the source for the kernal and pcmcia. If use="wavelan" is set, does that mean that everyting is taken care of? Do I still need to get the module for my card? Or is that done too?
veggie2u
There are competing modules for one and the same type of hardware, the "official" wavelan drivers and the ones Jean Tourrilhes and likeminded folks have developed for Orinoco cards, for example. Check the whole entertaining story, then come back. 
Done?
Ok.
The USE flag in Gentoo, most likely, permits you to make a choice about support for drivers compiled into other software, like, I don't know, maybe all those radio signal strength sniffers like Kismet etc. I don't expect it to have anything to do with the modules themselves, you still need to build those, either into the kernel or externally from something like the Wireless Tools (emerge wireless-tools).
I suggest you go back to Jean Tourrilhes' pages for anything you want to know about wireless LAN cards and Linux. If it's not there, you can be almost sure it's nowhere to be found.
Done?
Ok.
The USE flag in Gentoo, most likely, permits you to make a choice about support for drivers compiled into other software, like, I don't know, maybe all those radio signal strength sniffers like Kismet etc. I don't expect it to have anything to do with the modules themselves, you still need to build those, either into the kernel or externally from something like the Wireless Tools (emerge wireless-tools).I suggest you go back to Jean Tourrilhes' pages for anything you want to know about wireless LAN cards and Linux. If it's not there, you can be almost sure it's nowhere to be found.