Re: [tlug] Corega PCC-T Ether card not recognized

["David J Iannucci" <jlinux@example.com>]

Forgive the top-post... just giving final result of my investigations.
Apparently kernels < 2.6.17 have trouble with Corega PC cards... bind
them to the wrong driver.  Supposedly 2.6.17 and higher fix this
problem, so I'm thinking of upgrading my laptop to SUSE 10.2 (just out
last week).

Dave


On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 15:31:29 -0700, "David J Iannucci"
<jlinux@example.com> said:
> > have a look into the config-file for the pcmcia-network-cards
> > (i don't
>
> Thanks for the response, Niels.... I don't know what config file
> you're referring to here.... I've searched my system but can't find
> any file fitting that description.
>
> > i think i have the same card and there was a typo in the config-file
> > (I had the problem in SuSE10 and Ubuntu 6.06) with this special card
> > thus it isn't recognized. I think the "c" of corega is not written
> > in capital but with a small letter but the card sends as card name a
> > "Corega" and not "corega"
>
> So.... I did search my whole disk, and found reference to "corega" (case-
> insensitive :-), and indeed to this card specifically, only in the
> kernel sources, specifically in
>
>   /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.c
>
> (this is under SUSE 10.1).  The "pccardctrl status" command, however,
> reports the card as binding to driver hostap_cs, rather than pcnet_cs.
> Maybe that's the key to the problem?  In any case, the line in the
> above source file shows no upper/lower-case differences with the name
> as reported by "pccardctl ident", which suggests that a kernel rebuild
> will not (necessarily) solve the problem.
>
> So... maybe the choice of driver to bind the card is where the trouble
> is?  Does anyone have a clue how I can change this behavior?
>
> Thanks again, Dave
>
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