Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > Vincent Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > OK, loaded the latest greatest, and network wouldn't start. Does not > > appear to be turning the PCMCIA network controller, so I restarted the PCMCIA > > services. Here's the messages: > > > > [root@localhost rc3.d]# ./S09pcmcia reload > > Shutting down PCMCIA services:. > > Starting PCMCIA services: modulesinsmod: a module named pcmcia_core already > > exists > > insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.7-1mdk/pcmcia/yenta_socket.o*: No such file or > > directory > > /lib/modules/2.4.7-1mdk/pcmcia/ds.o.gz: init_module: Operation not permitted > > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including > > invalid IO or IRQ parameters > > cardmgr. > > [root@localhost rc3.d]# > > > > so??? what's a yenta socket? > > AFAIK: > > There lacked for a long time pcmcia drivers in the Linux kernel to make a > pcmcia subsystem work; "pcmcia-cs" is essentially made of drivers and a > resident daemon that was hacked together because the kernel didn't provide > pcmcia drivers. > > Since 2.4, there is official Linux kernel support for pcmcia, and in this > implementation, the main Intel pcmcia driver is called "yenta_socket"; but > since our kernel team found it was still way too much bugged, we still use > "pcmcia-cs". So you won't find any "yenta_socket" driver with a mandrake > kernel. So, back to the original question..... How do we get the PCMCIA bus working with 2.4.7-1mdk? > > > -- > Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/ -- Bruce F. Press | Capita Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Columbia MD 21045 410.443.7304 |
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