Re: Module 3c575_cb dropped from kernel-pcmcia-modules?
install the kernel-source-2.4.18, and pcmcia-cs packages. You'll need
to /usr/src/kernel-src/2.4.18 and running make oldconfig is a good
start). You'll need to NOT use the in-kernel pcmcia stuff, but rather
use the pcmcia-source pcmcia stuff (the 3com 575, for some unknown
reason to me, is only supported by the old pcmcia-cs package)
Go through a 'make config' as well-- you'll need to set some other
things, and may want to remove certain types of support (scsi) that you
won't use to make your kernel run faster.
In short (though you really should read the KERNEL_HOWTO and the docs in
/usr/share/doc/pcmcia-source and /usr/share/doc/kernel-package):
apt-get update
apt-get install kernel-package libncurses5-dev kernel-source-2.4.18
pcmcia-source pcmcia-cs
export PATCH_THE_KERNEL=YES
cd /usr/src
tar xvjf kernel-source-2.4.18.tar.bz2
cd kernel-source-2.4.18
cp /boot/config.whatever-you-have-that-you-like .config
make oldconfig
make menuconfig
make-kpkg clean
make-kpkg --revision=<revision-no> kernel_image modules_image
cd ..
dpkg -i kernel-image-revision
dpkg -i pcmcia-modules-revision
check your lilo and look at the symlinks for /vmlinuz*, make sure that
you're happy with those settings, rerun lilo,
shutdown -r +1 new kernel
Then Robert is your mother's brother.
glen
On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 11:39:12PM +0200, Jan T. Kim wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I installed Debian r3.0 from the official CD set on a Sony notebook
> computer, equipped with a 3com PCMCIA ethernet card:
>
> % cardctl ident
> Socket 0:
> product info: "3Com Corporation", "3CCFE575BT", "LAN Cardbus Card", "001"
> manfid: 0x0101, 0x5157
> function: 6 (network)
> PCI id: 0x10b7, 0x5157
>
> After the initial installation, the network card worked fine, but then,
> after switching the kernel to kernel-image-2.4.18-686, I could not get it
> to work.
>
> After some web browsing and messing around, I figured out that the
> card appears to have the 3Com 575 chipset and to require the 3c575_cb
> kernel module. Upon browsing package contents, I found out that this
> module (along with the cb_enabler module upon which it depends) is
> only included in the kernel-image-2.4.18-bf2.4 package. So I installed
> that in place of the 686 package. Now, the card works again, and the
> output of lsmod confirms that the modules mentioned above are indeed
> used. However, I'd prefer to be able to use the 686 kernel...
>
> I now have the following questions:
>
> * Have I overlooked something obvious?
>
> * Why are the modules not in the pcmcia-modules package?
>
> * If there is a reason for that (e.g. my card is considered outdated,
> crummy, exotic or somesuch), would it be reasonable to set up an
> additional package with "outdated" (or whatever) modules?
>
> * Is there a simple instruction sheet for building a kernel with
> the modules I need and otherwise identical to the 686 kernel?
>
> * Finally, what is the idea behind this "bf variant"? All I've found
> is the package is "primarily intended to be used as the initial
> installation kernel". Any acronym expansion on "bf"?
>
> Greetinx & thanx in advance, Jan
> --
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