PCMCI 8139 NIC & Hotplug

[Joel HATSCH <debian-ml@joel-hatsch.net>]

Hi,

just to get this into the archives...

problem : NIC is not detected with woody 3.0r1's bf24 default kernel,
had to recompile kernel to get the 8139too.o module to modprobe using
hotplug (and not cardmgr).

solution : in fact, kernel HAS TO be recompiled, default kernel has the
8139too driver compiled into the kernel, thus no possibility to modprobe
it after having initialised PCMCIA.

I don't understand why this was done, it actually prevented me from
network installing woody as my NIC would never have been detected !

Joel