[ltp] Kernel 2.4.20 and Realtek8139 with PCMCIA

[Dan Sawyer]

Adam,

I sent you my .config file.

modprobe loads dependencies.

Dan

Adam Southerland wrote:

> How is your PCMCIA setup?
>
> Are you still using the PCMCIA-cs-3.1.24 (or whatever version?)
>
> I added a line -> if uname -r != '2.2.19' then Don't load the 
> pcmcia-cs-3.1.24
>
> The new kernel has built in PCMCIA support and that is what I have 
> been attempting to use... Shoule I just disable that and go back to 
> the previous package? (I have been working with 2.2.19 and 2.4.20 
> constantly so I have been modifing startup scripts based on versions...)
>
> Also, does the mii.o get loaded when you run -> /sbin/modprob 8139too
> or does it have to be ran by itself?
>
> Thanks!
> Adam Southerland
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> Adam,
>
> I am running 2.4.20 on a thinkpad. I use
>
> /sbin/modprobe 8139too
>
> to load the driver. There is a dependence on mii.o as well.
>
> I can't speak to irq 0. That seems strange.
>
> Below is the module list
>
> Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: PF
> ppdev                   6828   0  (autoclean)
> nfs                    80920   2  (autoclean)
> ide-cd                 33700   0  (autoclean)
> cdrom                  33728   0  (autoclean) [ide-cd]
> cs46xx                 62896   0  (autoclean)
> ac97_codec             13672   0  (autoclean) [cs46xx]
> soundcore               6468   3  (autoclean) [cs46xx]
> 8139too                18088   1
> mii                     3912   0  [8139too]
> vmnet                  23496   4
> parport_pc             19044   0
> parport                37152   0  [ppdev parport_pc]
> vmmon                  27540   0
> nfsd                   80112   8  (autoclean)
> lockd                  58704   1  (autoclean) [nfs nfsd]
> sunrpc                 81564   1  (autoclean) [nfs nfsd lockd]
> autofs                 13364   0  (autoclean) (unused)
> apm                    13284   2
> ds                      8712   2
> yenta_socket           12960   2
> pcmcia_core            54880   0  [ds yenta_socket]
> iptable_filter          2412   0  (autoclean) (unused)
> ip_tables              14872   1  [iptable_filter]
> nls_iso8859-1           3516   1  (autoclean)
> nls_cp437               5116   1  (autoclean)
> vfat                   13100   1  (autoclean)
> fat                    38808   0  (autoclean) [vfat]
> mousedev                5524   1
> keybdev                 2944   0  (unused)
> hid                    22244   0  (unused)
> input                   5792   0  [mousedev keybdev hid]
> usb-uhci               26380   0  (unused)
> usbcore                77504   1  [hid usb-uhci]
> ext3                   70368   3
> jbd                    51796   3  [ext3]
>
>
> Adam Southerland wrote:
>
>> Good Day!
>>
>> I Installed the new Kernel 2.4.20 and now I can't get my Realtek 8139 
>> PCMCIA Nic to work...
>>
>> The CardBus receives an IRQ of 0 and the NIC inherits this IRQ =(
>>
>> Anyone know how to make this work with Thinkpads?
>>
>> btw...
>> I have an IBM Thinkpad 760XL
>> current working kernel is 2.2.19 with the PCMCIA-cs-xxxxx and the 
>> realtek_cb.o driver...
>>
>> I have seen information that I need to use the 8139too.o driver and 
>> this would work except my IRQ is 0. I have worked on this for 3 
>> days... Constant compiling and stuff (Pentium 166MMX takes a while to 
>> compile =) hehe
>>
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