Re: loading pcmcia modules in 2.4.9
"der.hans" wrote:
> Am 20. Sep, 2001 schwätzte Richard Black so:
>
> > 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.
>
> Doesn't sound like the prob I had, plus I had it with all of the 2.4.x
> kernels I've used. I'll give you the solution I found anyway :).
>
> 2.4.x needs the yenta_socket module. Modprobe it and stuff starts working.
>
> A couple of weeks ago someone on debian-user mentioned some actual
> documentation saying to move change i82365 to yenta_socket in
> /etc/pcmcia.conf. That's been working great for me.
>
That worked great!! Thanks a lot
Richard
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