Alan Olsen wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Bruce F. Press wrote:
>
> > The problem is the same, there is NO yenta_socket module in the 2.4.7-1mdk 
>packages.
>
> Then pcmcia support is not built for that kernel then.  It should be
> there.  (It should be in /lib/modules/2.4.7-1mdk/kernel/drivers/pcmcia if
> I remember correctly.)
>
> There are two ways to provide pcmcia support. One through the kernel code
> and one through the pcmcia-cs code.
>
> Which direction is Mandrake taking for the 2.4.x kernels?

It was being handled as a loadable module.


>
>
> I think this is a question for Mandrake...
>
> >
> > :(
> >
> >
> > Alan Olsen wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Bruce F. Press wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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?
> > >
> > > 1) Change all occurances of "ide_cs" to "ide-cs" in /etc/pcmcia/config.
> > >
> > > 2) In /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia change the line that reads "PCIC=i82365" to
> > > "PCIC=yenta_socket".
> > >
> > > 3) Run "depmod -a" just to be sure.
> > >
> > > 4) Make sure no pcmcia modules are running. (lsmod will give you a list.)
> > > The modules you are looking for are pcmcia_core, i82365, yenta_socket, and
> > > ds.
> > >
> > > 5) Run /etc/init.d/pcmcia restart.
> > >
> > > 6) Should run after that, unless something else is not right.  Look at
> > > /var/log/messages for details.
> > >
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