Kernel upgrade breaks PCMCIA

[Jonathan Melhuish <lists@netacclaim.co.uk>]

I have a fully-working Debian install on my laptop 8-) but every time I 
(or rather, the beautiful apt-get) upgrades the kernel, pcmcia card 
services break.  Thus breaking the PC card network interface, thus 
breaking my connection to the Internet.  Thus generally pissing me off :-(

I have booted back using my old kernel and it works again.  However, I 
can't install the new version of pcmcia as it depends on the kernel 
version.  A bit of a catch 22!

I can't believe I'm alone in hitting this problem, but my Googling has 
so far been fruitless.  Any suggestions as to how to fix this 
(preferably so that it won't break when I next upgrade my kernel)?  
RTFM-style answers are welcome if accompanied by a relevant URL ;-)

Cheers,

Jon