Bug#80866: boot-floppies: problem with 8390.o and NE2000 with pcmcia and net modules
reassign 80866 kernel-source-2.2.18pre21
thanks
Christophe "CHiPs" Petit <chips@chips.fr.eu.org> writes:
> With boot-floppies 2.2.20.0.1 and idepci disks (same with compact), the
> 8390.o module is in the /target/lib/modules/2.2.18pre21-idepci/pcmcia
> directory.
This is a kernel issue. If the module is not a pcmcia module, it
shouldn't be in that directory.
I've refiled the bug accordingly.
> Thus it does not appear during selection of modules in the net subdirectory,
> and I had to insmod it manually to have my card working... (and add it
> manually to /target/etc/modules).
>
> After install, all went fine until dbootstrap asked me if it should remove
> the pcmcia package, and he removed /lib/modules/2.2.18xxx/pcmcia !
>
> I had to get an 8390.o from drivers.tgz and copy it to
> /lib/modules/2.2.18xxx/net BEFORE rebooting to keep a working network
> card...
>
> The problem is the same with WD network cards that depends on
> 8390.o, too...
Yes -- all these problems follow from the first.
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