Re: PCMCIA Network driver.
On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:02:54AM -0500, Case, Benjamin wrote:
> > I just got an ENCORE PCMCIA Netowrk Card. From their website I d/l the
> > "linux drivers". This consisted of these files:
> >
> > 8390.c, gen1, gen2, and PCNET_CS.c. as well as a readme with the following
> > instructions:
> >
> > 16-bit 100/10M Fast Ethernet PCMCIA Adapter LINUX DRIVER INSTALL
> > Note: this driver for linux 2.0.30
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > 1. copy driver to /FASTPCM
> > # mcopy a:/* /FASTPCM
> >
> > 2. download pcmcia-cs-3.0.x.tar.gz from hyper.stanford.edu
> > in the /pub/pcmcia directory
> > readme PCMCIA-HOWTO file & install it
Don't do this. Use the debian pcmcia-cs package instead.
> > 3. add the following lines into /etc/pcmcia/config
> > card "16-bit 100/10M Fast Ethernet PCMCIA Adapter"
> > version "PCMCIA", "100BASE"
> > bind "pcnet_cs"
> >
> > 4.# cd /FASTPCM
> > # chmod +x gen1 gen2
> >
> > 5.# gen1
> > # gen2
All (and more) done automatically by the debian package.
> > 6.# reboot
Windows mindset.
In short: why aren't you using the driver in the linux kernel?
Most of these "vendor" drivers are cheap ripoffs from Donald Becker's
drivers in the official linux kernel. Use the drivers in the standard
kernel, those are up-to-date and reviewed.
The manufacturer drivers for linux are nice publicity and add credibility
to linux in the eyes of some ("official vendor support"), but are not to be
actually used.
> > 3com PCMCIA network card, so I think I have the SLOT configured properly.
> > Is there anyway to simply compile that 8930.c file into 8930.o and
> > 'insmod' it ? I have never used linux on a laptop, and I have never worked
> > with PCMCIA before. I assume the list doesnt like attachments, so if
> > anyone is intereseted in the files, I will be happy to provide them. As an
> > alternative I will make this e-mail extrememly long and attach the text of
> > the files below:
Are you NUTS?!? This add nothing to the content of your message.
It pushes a very big email through the phone line of hundreds of
subscribers to this list. Go read a few netiquette faqs before ever
doing that again.
About your problem: install pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-modules and read the
PCMCIA-HOWTO at http://linuxdoc.org
Cheers,
Joost
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