Re: 2.4.17 kernel & pcmcia problem

[Tom Allison <tallison1@twmi.rr.com>]

Pann McCuaig wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 23:13, Tom Allison wrote:
>
> > Has anyone else noticed that the kernel-source for 2.4.17 and the 
> > pcmcia-source for 3.1.31 are not playing well with each other?
> >
> > I have found that the 2.4.17 orinoco driver (driver/net/wireless/) is 
> > version 08a and the pcmcia 3.1.31 orinoco driver is at version 08 
> > (from /usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs...).
>
> I had a similar problem. I turned off all PCMCIA support in the kernel.
> I don't know why it's there in the first place (seems to be new with
> 2.4.x).
>
> These little snippets are from my woody partition (I'm typing this on my
> potato partition).




Yeah, but it's been working for months and it seems to me that the 
pcmcia drivers are going into the kernel rather than coming out.