On Sat, 02 Aug 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wrote: > >> # cardctl ident > >> Socket 1: > >> product info: "CardBus", "Fast Ethernet", "V1.0", "" > >> manfid: 0x13d1, 0xab02 > >> function: 6 (network) > > Jesse Meyer wrote: > >[I've got the same card,] FCC ID of "MQ4C2K5MX" > > [...] under the 2.4 debian kernel, I have > > got the card to work, but only using the 2.4 boot floppy kernel and the > > package pcmcia-modules-2.4.18-bf2.4. The driver seems to be 'tulip_cb', > > the regular 'tulip' driver in the kernel does not seem to work. > > I poked around some more. I never did get the hang of building > "Debianized" kernels; I've always used the upstream kernel source. > When I installed the current upstream pcmcia-cs, and Debian's hotplug > package, the tulip.o in my /lib/modules/2.4.21 started working! > > For the record, it seems there are two ways to support PCMCIA cards. > You have to choose the kernel's internal drivers -or- the ones > that come with Dennis Hinds' pcmcia-cs. > Debian uses pcmcia-cs, but packages the driver modules separately > as pcmcia-drivers. > Jesse reports tulip_cb from there works, and I can now report > success with the tulip and mii modules from the 2.4.21 kernel.
Did your card have the same FCC number? Also, what sort of laptop is
it?
I think I'll try hotplug in a bit then, I'm sick of bf kernels. :)
~ Jesse Meyer
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