Praedor Tempus wrote: > OK, when I got a usable 8.1 system with > kernel-2.4.8-26mdk running, I decided to try one more > time with kerne-2.4.17.8. This time, instead of doing > a source build I just installed the binary and > rebooted. It booted up and...jus as with my own build > attempts, pcmcia failed miserablely and sound was > dead. > What I get are several things. First, and REALLY > unfortunately, with the 2.4.17 kernels it appears that > pcmcia-cs is fully incorporated into the kernel. This > makes fixing the pcmcia problem very difficult. > First off, ALL the friggin' pcmcia modules are there > where they are supposed to be but pcmcia doesn't exist > in /etc/init.d so it doesn't/can't start at bootup. I > built and installed pcmcia-cs-3.1.31 and then did the > /etc/init.d/pcmcia start thing and the kernel > complained that i82398.o and ds.o doesn't exist. I > looked and they DO exist exactly where they are > supposed and expected to me. They are really really > there but they are invisable somehow to the 2.4.17 > kernel. > I have gone back to 2.4.8 and have pcmcia working as > Buddha intended. 2.4.17 IS dicked up and I would like > to address the very real problem with integrating > pcmcia into the kernel source. > I have a couple wireless lan cards. To make them > work properly I need linux-wlan-ng source. > Linux-wlan-ng requires pcmcia-cs sourcecode that is > properly configured for your kernel/system...and it > must have a pcmcia-cs-x.x.x directory of some sort > with the config information in it in order to build > and install. With the pcmcia incorporated into the > kernel and scattered all over several different > directories, it is impossible to build linux-wlan-ng. > The drivers for my wireless cards in the > kernel-supplied pcmcia are crippled. They do not > allow for monitoring mode, instead forcing the wimply > wvlan_cs module on prism2 cards that have the > capability to operate in promiscuous and monitor mode. > The wvlan_cs driver doesn't allow this, not on the > prism2 cards and not on orinoco cards for which it is > better suited. ONLY the linux-wlan-ng drivers allow > this full functionality from prism2 wireless cards. > Until/unless Mandrake incorporates linux-wlan-ng > prism2 drivers instead of pcmcia-cs crippled prism2 > drivers into their newer kernels, it will remain > absolutely necessary to download, build, and install > linux-wlan-ng source based on a separate pcmcia-cs > source package. > This is a very real problem. >
I suggest you forward this to cooker list and to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Civileme
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