Re: Woody Killed PCMCIA

[Bob Nielsen <nielsen@oz.net>]

At 12:29 AM 10/21/01 -0400, Doc - KD4E wrote:
> > If you upgraded to woody, it should have downloaded the new
> > pcmcia-modules package, so you shouldn't need to copy anything.
> > You can check in /lib/modules/<version> (where <version> is the output
> > of "uname -r").  There should be a pcmcia directory in there.
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.18/pcmcia/  has a bunch of modules, including the one
> I need "3c589_cs.o" but 2.2.18 is the old kernel -- I upgraded to
> Woody which I imagine is 2.4.10 or something from Testing.
>
> Did the Woody upgrade not take completely?

'apt-get dist-upgrade' will not cause your kernel to be changed, nor should 
it install a modules package other than an update of the version for your 
existing kernel (the kernel-image and pcmcia modules packages have the 
kernel version number as part of the package name).  I have a system 
running woody which is still  using 2.2.17.  There are pcmcia-modules 
packages for some of the available kernel-image packages.  To be safe, you 
might consider building your own kernel-image and any modules you may 
need.  Install kernel-package and read its documentation.

Bob

> > Doc> I did the "cardctl ident" thing and edited /etc/pcmcia/config
> > Doc> card "3C589", "TP/BNC LAN Card Ver. 2a", "000002"
> > Doc> manfid: 0x0101
> > Doc> function: 6 (network)
> > If that is the output of "cardctl ident", then I believe that the lines
> > you want to add to /etc/pcmcia/config are (following the pattern of the
> > other lines):
> > card "TP/BNC LAN Card Ver. 2a"
> >   version "3C589", "TP/BNC LAN Card Ver. 2a", "000002"
> >   manfid 0x0101
> >   bind "3c589_cs"
> > The version and manfid lines may be optional, but they probably won't
> > hurt.
>
> Done.
>
> > "cardctl insert" should work.  Or you may need to reboot (I doubt it).
> > Make a note of any error messages when you do "cardctl insert".
> > Hubert Chan <hackerhue@geek.com>
>
> "no pcmcia driver in /proc/devices"
>
> What should I learn from this, please?
>
> Thanks!  Doc