I tried a Xircom CreditCard Ethernet adapter, CE38-100BTX, which uses the xirc2ps_cs driver. It runs, if slowly, on an installed system. But on installation, the software fails to detect it also.
I noticed in the log on console F4 a message: pcmcia-socket-startup: chdir to /etc/pcmcia failed: no such file or directory. Possibly this is because the directory actually is /etc/pcmciautils on the installer. It is /etc/pcmcia on the installed system. I then made a symlink, rmmod yenta_socket, modprobe yenta_socket. Messages indicate that yenta_socket picked up the configuration file. I then inserted the card. Messages indicate that the card was detected and set up. I then went back to the installatio software, had it detect the network. It detected it correctly, and auto-configuration worked correctly. I think that's your bug, and you should be able to verify that on any PCMCIA system. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
