Hi Chris, On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 12:15:25PM +0200, Chris wrote: > > Using a 3com wireless card. > > It doesn't work with the prism54 module (none of the firmwares from > prism54.org work with it) - and googling on it suggests that they > changed the chipset - but not the part number or other identifiers. > > However - the card works just fine with ndiswrapper. > > So - I have added the config to /etc/network/interfaces and added > > pre-up modprobe ndiswrapper > post-down rmmod ndiswrapper > > as part of that - works just fine too.
Good! > > Only question I have left is that when you first plug the card into > the PCMCIA slot something loads the prism54 driver. So - the first > time I have to manually rmmod prism54 before I can ifup wlan0. > > I've looked in /etc/pcmcia (cardmgr) and /etc/hotplug (hotplug) - I > can't find anything mentioning prism54 at all. I think the entry is somewhere in /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/modules.*map , containing the module name and the vendor and product id. However, don't change this. Just add a new line with the module name to /etc/hotplug/blacklist and hotplug won't load this module any more. > > In the logs all I get is: > > Sep 12 17:53:18 localhost kernel: Loaded prism54 driver, version 1.2 > Sep 12 17:53:18 localhost kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> > 0002) > Sep 12 17:53:18 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI > 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 > Sep 12 17:53:18 localhost pci.agent[6500]: prism54: loaded successfully > > All I want is to stop the prism54 module from loading at card insert > time - any hints as to what is causing this gratefully received. > > -- > Chris > HTH -- Joachim Fahnenmüller -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
