Re: Module 3c575_cb dropped from kernel-pcmcia-modules?
That's strange, 3c575_cb.c is contained in the pcmcia-source package.
Do you have the appropriate kernel-pcmcia-modules package installed?
You can install pcmcia-source and kernel source and create your own
modules package, if necessary.
Bob
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 * If there is a reason for that (e.g. my card is considered outdated,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 additional package with "outdated" (or whatever) modules?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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