Re: How to debug a PCMCIA modem

[Paolo Alexis Falcone <pfalcone@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 12:03:15 +0100, Bob Alexander <bob@ngi.it> wrote:
> Until a couple of weeks ago I had debugged my GPRS PCMCIA modem and
> wvdial that worked (very poor performance but it worked).
> 
> Yestaerday I needed this while traveling on a train but the insertion of
> the card did not produce any visible event in dmesg or syslog ??
> 
> I am mostly (not 100%) sure nothing changed in my kernel meanwhile.
> 
> Where should I start looking around ?
> 
> My kernel is a 2.6.10 with udev and hotplug and ACPI.
> 
> First question arises from the fact that no "pcmcia" packages are
> installed but IIRC they are not necessary since builtin the 2.6.10 kernel.

I'm not sure, but there was a configuration option change starting in
2.6.10 for PCMCIA support - you'd have to enable PC Card support
(CONFIG_PCCARD) then
CardBus support (CONFIG_CARDBUS)

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Paolo Alexis Falcone
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