Wrong driver; also, don't list PCMCIA drivers in conf.modules 

Forum: PCMCIA Network Adapter Issues
Re: Question: SMC EZ CardBus 10/100 PC Card (Andreas-Johann Ulvestad)
Date: 2000, Apr 10
From: David Hinds <dhinds@pcmcia.sourceforge.org>

Don't put anything in /etc/conf.modules for PCMCIA devices. It does not do anything useful. The SMC EZ CardBus card is listed in the SUPPORTED.CARDS file as using the tulip_cb driver. The right driver should be loaded automatically. You should probably check your system log to see what's really going on. -- Dave

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More: hmm....ok? Re: Wrong driver; also, don't list PCMCIA drivers in conf.modules (David Hinds) Date: 2000, Apr 10 From: Andreas-Johann Ulvestad aj

I have removed the line from conf.modules, but pcmcia cardmgr doesn't load the tulip_cb module, and when modprobing it manually, it doesn't produce any error messages, but on the other hand, ifuping eth0 doesn't work either...and not sh -x /etc/pcmcia/network start eth0 either: Delaying eth0 initialization.

Check your system log Re: More: hmm....ok? (Andreas-Johann Ulvestad) Date: 2000, Apr 10 From: David Hinds <dhinds@pcmcia.sourceforge.org>

You need to consult your system log. Every action that the PCMCIA system takes is recorded there. Trying to modprobe PCMCIA modules by hand is never productive. If the PCMCIA subsystem could configure your card, then the right driver is loaded for you; if the card could not be configured, then loading the driver won't help. I guess I should also point out that the supported cards file says that for the SMC EZ CardBus cards, "some do not work". There is some sort of driver incompatibility with some version(s) of the card (I can't be more specific because I don't have any of these cards). I can't tell if your card is affected or not, since so far, the card doesn't seem to be set up to the point of loading the right driver. -- Dave

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