Re: Problem with /etc/init.d/pcmcia

[Grant Edwards <grante@visi.com>]

On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 04:54:03PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote:

> > it is trying to decide if it should use pcmcia_cs or the 2.4.x pcmcia kernel
> > code.  (PC for pcmcia_cs, KD for kernel)
> 
> Yes. I know. 
> 
> The question I really asked were:
> 
>  1) Why not used modprobe in the pcmcia_cs case?
>  
>  2) Why ignore the options from /etc/default/pcmcia in the
>     kernel case?
> 
> And another one I should have asked was:
> 
>  3) Why does the Debian kernel build procedure put modules in
>     _both_ places, fooling the script anyway?
> 
> I've gotten my system to work by deleting
> /lib/modules/<version>/pcmcia and adding the options to the
> modprobe command in the KD case.
> 
> But, shouldn't the Debian pcmcia script and a kernel built with
> the Debian kernel-build process work together?

BTW, the main reason I'm using the kernel modules is that they
are more up to date (e.g. orinoco_cs 0.09b in the kernel vs.
0.08 in pcmcia_cs).

-- 
Grant Edwards
grante@visi.com


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