On 11 Nov 2001 22:59:16 -0500, Brian Flaherty wrote: >Harry Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I don't understand how running the make-kpkg utility can second-guess >> all the pcmcia configuration options - eg. apm support, cardbus >> support, etc... Could someone kindly enlighten me? > >My very under-informed guess is that when you run configure for the >pcmcia, it asks where it should gather information, from the running >kernel or from the configuration in /usr/src/linux. I suppose that it >gets most (if not all) of what it needs from the kernel config of the >new kernel. > >> Or at least point >> me to a document that gives a real-world example of the steps to build >> new laptop kernal and pcmcia sources with debian. > >Again, there is the PCMCIA-HOWTO and a Debian README in the pcmcia >source package. Those were all I used. HTH.
Hmm... this is my point really. I've read those notes too and there's no instruction to run "configure" anywhere that I can see - just make-dpkg on the unconfigured downloaded pcmcia source! There is however an option to "make config" in the root of the pcmcia source tree - this may be a debian thing(?) In fact, could it be that this is what you do if the default answers you would get from running "configure" aren't what you want? I know standard configure script defaults to cardbus support, which my laptop certainly doesn't have. I'm a bit suprised that this place wasn't populated by guru's ready to tell me how simple I am and point me in the right direction, (nothing antagonistic intended in that remark - I'm extremely grateful for any replies offered :) H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
