Re: loading pcmcia modules in 2.4.9
"Thomas R. Shemanske" wrote:
> Richard Black wrote:
> >
> > Hi All
> >
> > I am trying to upgrade my kernel from 2.4.3 to 2.4.9. Everything seems
> > okay, _except_ I have no sound and no network (both work fine with
> > 2.4.3). As best as I can tell, the my compilation options are the same
> > (or very similar) in both versions.
> >
> > The sound I can tackle later, but the lack of a network is real pain.
> >
> > What I have found is that I can not load the modues ds or i82365 (and
> > hence my network card driver: 3c589_cs). When I try to probe them or
> > insmod them I get an error "init_module: can not load" (sorry, I don't
> > have the exact text) with the suggestion that I check my ports and IO
> > settings.
> >
> > Where do I do this? I am not setting them in /etc/modutils or
> > /etc/modules.conf--I never had to with 2.4.3.
>
> I am a little confused about what you are doing. Have you compiled
> pcmcia-source for the 2.4.9 kernel and installed the modules in the
> pcmcmia subdirectory of /lib/modules/2.4.9 or are you building the
> pcmcia support into the kernel, but doing so as modules.
I am not using pcmcia-source. I am building support directly into the
kernel
(as I did with 2.4.3)
>
>
> When I first upgraded the 2.4 series kernel (2.4.5), I had to use the
> pcmcia-source route and say no to all the PCMCIA options in the kernel
> config,
...hmmm, I guess I was luck with 2.4.3! I had no problem there
> but with 2.4.7 and later, I have been able to configure
> everything in the kernel. On the other hand, I do build the networking
> in and not as modules. I haven't tried it the other way.
>
Guess I could try this...I'm not sure that it will help though!
thanks
for you help
Richard
> > The only thing I can think of
> > is that it is something to do with initrd--whatever that is!
>
> I would not think that initrd is the issue (initial ram disk), for large
> kernels. If you haven't specified that option in the kernel build
> (make-kpkg --initrd ...) and modified your lilo entry to reflect the
> existence of an initrd, I don't think this is the issue. If it were, it
> would be suggesting that the networking modules need to be loaded at
> some early phase in the boot process. Beats me. Try building the
> options in as a test (CONFIG=Y instead of m)
>
>
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