Re: PCMCIA Ethernet failure under 2.4.9
your pcmcia settings should still remain in /etc/pcmcia. Try removing the stuf fyou did and adding the entry for pcmcia in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts.
you can use ifup/ifdown to manage the intervace, but also cardctl will stop/start the card (and the interface).
You'll probably also want to read the kernel-pcmcia docs, assuming <?> that you're using the kernel drivers, rather than the third party add-ons.
glne
On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 09:19:07PM +0900, Curt Howland wrote:
> After trying to upgrade to woody from potato, I found that my pcmcia
> ethernet card would not work under kernel 2.4.9-AMD-K6.
>
> With 2.2.18, the hardware was pcmcia i82365, ethernet card NE2000
> (module ne) with io and irq set by hand.
>
> I looked through the list archives, and found that under 2.4.x kernels,
> the pcmcia driver is supposed to now be yenta_socket, and the ethernet
> card as pcnet_cs. Both modules load fine, and the LED's show link
> active, but eth0 will not activate.
>
> At this point I decided to eliminate any conflict problems, downloaded
> the latest woody cd, reformatted and installed with no legacy software,
> and repeated the above with no success.
>
> "linuxconf" and "netconf" create the /etc/conf.modules file in it, which
> the kernel ignores and uses /etc/modules.conf They also do not recognize
> pcnet_cs as a valid network interface module.
>
> I added "alias eth0 pcnet_cs" to the modules.conf by hand in the
> modutils directory first. The port still does not activate. I put an
> entry in /etc/network/interfaces for both the loopback and eth0
> interfaces. I was a little bit surprised that no loopback interface had
> been defined.
>
> This is all I can get out of it: Please forgive any typo's, I have also
> been completely unsuccessful in trying to get copy and paste working in
> the KDE workspace. Every step forward for me seems to break two other
> things. I had to type the below by hand.
>
> # ifup eth0
> ifup: interface eth0 already configured
> # ifdown eth0
> eth0: unknown interface: No such device
> # ifup eth0
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> eth0: unknown interface: No such device
> SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
> eth0: unknown interface: No such device
>
> If anyone can say "use this and this driver", I would be very grateful.
> Unfortunately, the only instructions I've been able to find, which I
> have tried, have failed.
>
> Curt-
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