Re: [OFF-TOPIC] D-Link DE-650 - PCMCIA

[Wayne Topa <wtopa@mindspring.com>]

	Subject: Re: [OFF-TOPIC] D-Link DE-650 - PCMCIA
	Date: Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 11:49:27PM +0800

In reply to:Paul Harris

Quoting Paul Harris(harri-pc@ee.uwa.edu.au):
> > > does anyone know if the kernel supports this card? i only saw options for
> > > the de-600 to de-620. 
> > 
> > I use one. It says NE2000 compatible when you plug it in.
> > I guess people get bored with adding new model numbers
> > when they're basically similar underneath.
> > 
> > What's far more important is the controller chipset in the
> > laptop. For example I can now use the ti1220 in slink
> > whereas I had to compile the sources from csb.stanford.edu
> > with hamm. However, I can't install from scratch even in
> > slink because the installation program only offers the
> > choice of i82365 and tcic. This made installation quite tough
> > as the slink installation kernel also has no ppa support.
> 
> i'm trying to compile a 2.2.10 kernel for it, but I can't find the option
> for "Pcmcia NE2000 compatible support" for the apne.o module. Its in the
> Configure.help file... or is there another way of doing things for pcmcia?
> (i've only worked with desktops up until now). when does the controller
> chipset come into things? how does that work?
> 
> thanks,
> Paul

Paul
   I foune the following in /usr/src/linux/net/netsyms.c

#if     defined(CONFIG_ULTRA)   ||      defined(CONFIG_WD80x3) || \
        defined(CONFIG_EL2)     ||      defined(CONFIG_NE2000) || \
        defined(CONFIG_E2100)   ||      defined(CONFIG_HPLAN_PLUS) || \
        defined(CONFIG_HPLAN)   ||      defined(CONFIG_AC3200) || \
        defined(CONFIG_ES3210)  ||      defined(CONFIG_ULTRA32) || \
        defined(CONFIG_LNE390)  ||      defined(CONFIG_NE3210) || \
        defined(CONFIG_NE2K_PCI) ||     defined(CONFIG_APNE) || \
        defined(CONFIG_DAYNAPORT)
/* If 8390 NIC support is built in, we will need these. */
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ei_open);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ei_close);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ei_interrupt);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ethdev_init);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(NS8390_init);
#endif

If it was me I would add CONFIG_APNE to the .config file and try
recompiling.  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.  It seem that someone
may have missed it.

HTH, YMMV, HAND


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Wayne T. Topa <wtopa@mindspring.com>