That's strange, 3c575_cb.c is contained in the pcmcia-source package. Do you have the appropriate kernel-pcmcia-modules package installed? You can install pcmcia-source and kernel source and create your own modules package, if necessary.
Bob On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 11:39:12PM +0200, Jan T. Kim wrote: > Hi all, > > I installed Debian r3.0 from the official CD set on a Sony notebook > computer, equipped with a 3com PCMCIA ethernet card: > > % cardctl ident > Socket 0: > product info: "3Com Corporation", "3CCFE575BT", "LAN Cardbus Card", > "001" > manfid: 0x0101, 0x5157 > function: 6 (network) > PCI id: 0x10b7, 0x5157 > > After the initial installation, the network card worked fine, but then, > after switching the kernel to kernel-image-2.4.18-686, I could not get it > to work. > > After some web browsing and messing around, I figured out that the > card appears to have the 3Com 575 chipset and to require the 3c575_cb > kernel module. Upon browsing package contents, I found out that this > module (along with the cb_enabler module upon which it depends) is > only included in the kernel-image-2.4.18-bf2.4 package. So I installed > that in place of the 686 package. Now, the card works again, and the > output of lsmod confirms that the modules mentioned above are indeed > used. However, I'd prefer to be able to use the 686 kernel... > > I now have the following questions: > > * Have I overlooked something obvious? > > * Why are the modules not in the pcmcia-modules package? > > * If there is a reason for that (e.g. my card is considered outdated, > crummy, exotic or somesuch), would it be reasonable to set up an > additional package with "outdated" (or whatever) modules? > > * Is there a simple instruction sheet for building a kernel with > the modules I need and otherwise identical to the 686 kernel? > > * Finally, what is the idea behind this "bf variant"? All I've found > is the package is "primarily intended to be used as the initial > installation kernel". Any acronym expansion on "bf"? > > Greetinx & thanx in advance, Jan
