[plug] internal vs external modules kernel support

russ russ at powerstech.com
Sat Oct 25 16:05:09 WST 2003


 --- Clare Johnstone <clare at cyllene.uwa.edu.au> wrote: > Hi Russ,
> 
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, russ wrote:
> I found quite a bit about this on pcmcia site - basically the pcmcia
> package is being gradually modified to cooperate with the kernel.
> On my machines, I use a package system which gets the source of pcmcia-cs
> from sourceforge and compiles it using current kernel source.
> It was still not totally straighforward, there are 3 possible chipsets for
> the card in the kernel, not all machines need one of those though.
> You might need to look for info on your particular laptop.

Yeah, it's a bit up in the air. And then you throw in hotplug and a six year
old laptop and it gets even worse.  :)  

Sad thing is my card worked fine before. I'll just keep trying.  

Thanks!



> HTH,
> clare
> 
> 
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