Laptop Linux Question

[jack at coats.org (Jack Coats)]

I have been using RH 6.1 on my laptop.  It came with PCMCIA and APM 
already in the kernel.  The only problem I had was getting X to run right.
But I even that got fixed eventually.

On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Mike Bilow wrote:

> Start here:
> 
> 	http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/
> 
> PCMCIA is not part of the kernel.  If you want PCMCIA, you have to add it
> either as patches to kernel source (really just adding directories and
> files) or you need to apply the appropriate package for your distribution.
> For example, Debian has a package "pcmcia-cs" which adds core support and
> "pcmcia-modules-x.x.x" (where "x.x.x" is your kernel version) which
> provide binary support and "pcmcia-source" which provides source including
> both kernel patch and non-kernel components.
> 
> The "ds" (Driver Services) module is simply a "super-client" that keeps
> housekeeping data and intermediates between the hardware-specific driver
> for your socket controller and the hardware-specific driver for you
> particular cards.  If you want the extremely gory details, see the PCMCIA
> Programmer's Guide:
> 
> 	http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/ftp/doc/PCMCIA-PROG-7.html
> 
> You should not be doing "insmod" at all on these drivers.  If there is a
> valid module dependency table (built by "depmod"), then you should use
> "modprobe" instead.  In fact, "modprobe 3c574_cs" would likely be the
> correct command to get where you want to go.  Note that, if you hard the
> "cardmgr" daemon installed, it should process notifications about card
> installations and removals and make the appropriate module changes.
> 
> Of course, since you're using Red Hat, I have no idea.
> 
> -- Mike
> 
> 
> On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Richard R. Malloy wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hello all,
> > 
> >     A week ago I installed RedHat 6.2 on my laptop (an AMS Tech AMD K6)
> > .The only trouble I've had is with
> > getting the 3Com 574B card to work.  The log says that the card is
> > recognized and but I get an error with
> > insmod  ds.o. I have 2 questions :
> > 
> >                 i) what is ds.o (it seems to load the 3c574_cs.o module)
> > 
> >                ii) If I want to build a version for my laptop on my PII
> > system, where do I configure the pcmcia card stuff?
> >                     I didn't see anything in the xconfig setup that
> > configured pcmcia cards and stuff! What am I missing?
> 
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