On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 11:57:55PM +0200, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > When you post, please do not use reply (especially not to the SPAM)
oops, sorry. hit the wrong button and just proceeded without thinking :( > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 11:43:15PM +0800, Jiele wrote: > > Hi, everyone, > > I need some hints on how to let hotplug manage my pcmcia wireless card. > > Have you read my "Debian Reference"? There Thomas gives good guide. > > http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-gateway.en.html#s-net-trigger I will definitely read them. > > > Until now, I have been using pcmcia-cs package to manage my Linksys > > pcmcia wireless card. It works great. I use the driver provided by kernel > > (2.6.4). For pcmcia-cs package, I only use its utilities (e.g. cardmgr, > > scripts, ...), not the its driver. But since I need hotplug to manage my usb > > stuff (memory key, mouse), I would love to have hotplug to manage my > > wireless card too! > > Is this cardbus card? Unfortunately, I think it's a 16-bit PC-Card, because I need to enable some ISA support (can't remember the exact name) in kernel to use it. Anyway, it's Linksys WPC11 card "Instant Wireless Network PC Card". > > http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-gateway.en.html#s-trigger-pcmcia > > > If I boot my machine without starting pcmcia-cs service, I won't be able > > to "ifup eth1" (eth0 is the built-in ethernet card), even though all the > > driver modules are loaded. It complains "No such device". Plug in and out > > the card, I expect to see some log message by hotplug system at > > /var/log/message, but nothing at all! Now if I run "cardmgr", eth1 will be > > automatically up. This gives me some confidence that the drivers are fine. > > > > Here is my question: > > > > 1) Is it possible to get rid of pcmcia-cs package, and let hotplug to manage > > my card? All the drivers are provided by kernel. > > If cardbus, yes. Quoted from http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-gateway.en.html For 16 bit ISA PCMCIA network cards: hotplug / ifupdown with locally disabled /etc/pcmcia/network (recommended), or pcmcia-cs / ifupdown with default /etc/pcmcia/network (deprecated), or pcmcia-cs customized by enabling features of /etc/pcmcia/network (deprecated) I would love to have first approach working. And I think I am quite close now. If I completely disable pcmcia-cs (including cardmgr), when I insert card, nothing happends. "ifup eth1" says "No such device". If I run "cardmgr" while disable pcmcia-cs's network config script, after inserting card, hotplug is able to get notified, and bring up eth1 successfully using /etc/network/interfaces. BTW, all related driver modules are loaded all the time, and cardmgr won't load any new modules. So apparently, without cardmgr, the kernel seems fail to bind the driver (orinoco_cs) to eth1, and then notify hotplug. And cardmgr does something to bind them. Once eth1 is binded, hotplug can happily manage them. I tried adding "alias eth1 orinoco_cs" in /etc/modules.conf, doesn't help. Anything I am missing? > http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-kernel.en.html#s-kernel-pcmcia > > > 2) I suppose kernel will send hotplug system some message when the card is > > plugged in and out. Is it true? If so, how to get that? FYI, when I plug in > > and out my usb mouse, hotplug gets called, and related message is logged > > into /var/log/message. > > Which version are you running? unstable? testing (sarge). And thank you for the reply! > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
