Re: need help with compile of pcmcia card driver
On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 04:03:40PM -0400, Kevin McKinley wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:25:36 -0600
> Paul E Condon <pecondon@peakpeak.com> wrote:
>
> > I have an old laptop on which I have recently installed Woody. I have
...
> > But the instructions for compiling the driver can't work as written
> > for Debian. The compile command is:
> >
> > gcc -DCARDBUS -DMODULE -D_KERNEL_ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes \
> > -O6 -c dfe690.c -o dfe690_cb.o \
> > -I/usr/src/linux/pcmcia-cs-3.0.9/include/pcmcia/
>
> Google for "dfe690-txd linux" and you'll get some references. The module you
> need is "8139too".
>
> You want to forget about the source code on that CD and use a later version.
> The current version in Woody is 3.1.33; you can get it by apt-getting
> pcmcia-source.
>
> The Debian way to manage kernels and pcmcia is shown here:
>
> http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html
>
> You may not even need to roll your own; if you were using a Debian 2.4
> kernel you may be able to just run modconf and insert the module.
>
Looked at google. Found link to mail to this list from dman. dfe690txd is supported
by the 8139too driver. I decided to scrap attempts at compiling from source and
instead do a clean install of Woody. (Don't ask what all I had done wrong before I
got to the point of having a well formed question.)
This did not work. Even during the Woody install there were indications that there
was a developing problem. The install scripts couldn't configure the network stuff,
something I have done many times for non-pcmcia computers. But I pushed on.
I installed kernel-image-2.4.18-586tsc and associated pcmcia packages. Rebooting made
the pilot light on the DLink card turn out. In dmesg I found the 8139too driver was
loaded, but the last message is:
ds: no socket drivers loaded! (excl.pt. is part of the displayed message)
I learned from pcmcia that there are two possible socket drivers: tcic and i82365.
I tried insmod on both. Neither would install.
Is possible that my laptop is too old for modern pcmcia? I remember vaguely a time
when there was a transition from 16bit to 32bit pcmcia. When was that? The laptop
is a Fujitsu Lifebook 520D that was purchased in Jan 1997. Is that too old for
modern software?
Thanks for reading this ramble. All suggestions gratefully accepted.
TIA
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Paul E Condon
pecondon@peakpeak.com
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