First thanks to those of you who suggested the yenta_socket option. That allowed both the Debian 2.4.20-586tsc and my own custom kernel to load the card services modules. However, (there's always a caveat) the throughput speed on the PCMCIA modem, which has worked very wery in all the 2.2 kernels I've used, is very poor with rates less than 1000 B/s.
Booting the 2.2.20 Debian kernel from the Woody installation results in normal transfer rates, however I must change /etc/default/pcmcia back to i82365 as the rate with yenta_socket is poor. Thus I'm inclined to think that for some reason the yenta_socket code is to blame, but I'm tired of fighting it. I have a working kernel plus pcmcia-cs from a hard drive with Potato on it so I think I'll revert to that. Thanks again for the help. - Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | "We have awakened a Internet | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | sleeping giant and Location | Bremen, Kansas USA EM19ov | have instilled in him Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | a terrible resolve". http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | - Admiral Yamamoto