Sysfs not supported by kernel

jrdioko · 07-01-2004, 06:37 PM

I've been trying to get my centrino Intel 2100 Wireless card to work using IPW2100, and I've run into a problem. The INSTALL file for the driver says:

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You will also need to have sysfs mounted.  You can do this by adding an entry
to /etc/fstab similar to this:

none            /sys            sysfs   defaults                0       0
                
If the directory /sys does not already exist, you will need to create it:

% mkdir /sys

You can then mount the sysfs partition via:

% mount -a

However, I follow this instructions and get the following error:

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mount: fs type sysfs not supported by kernel

I looked around ther kernel configuration and couldn't find anything about a sysfs filesystem. What do I need to do to get this to work? If there is a kernel option that I missed, what is it called, and can it be configured as a module?

Thanks,
Johnathan

Andrew Benton · 07-01-2004, 06:45 PM

You need to be using a 2.6 kernel to use the sys filesystem. What kernel are you using?

jrdioko · 07-01-2004, 06:57 PM

I'm using 2.4.26, but the site for that driver says:

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In order to use the IPW2100 driver you will need the following:

   1. hostap-driver-0.1.3 (for WEP {en,de}cryption) [link]
   2. Linux (of course) with a 2.4.23+ or 2.6.1+ kernel [link]

which makes me think the 2.4.x kernels are fine. Hmm... I guess I'll have to look into the documentation more to see if I'm missing something.