pcmcia-cs dilemma

[Net Llama]

You can't do that.  You must rebuild pcmcia-cs for each kernel that you
use.  See http://pcmcia-cs.sf.net

--- Vern W Heesch <vheesch at qwest.net> wrote:
> I'll have to see if I can figure out why, but the kernel modules do
> not seem 
> to work while the pcmcia-cs modules do.
> I'm going to try renaming /lib/modules/2.4.8 and then remove pcmcia-cs
> and 
> then install pcmcia-cs to the 2.4.18 kernel, rename 2.4.8 back to
> normal and 
> see if it kept all the modules for both kernel revs. I don't know what
> else 
> to do.
> 
> Vern
> > THe key thing to remember with pcmcia-cs is that its nothing more
> than a
> > few binaries (which are not kernel version dependent), and some
> modules,
> > which are kernel version dependent.  The modules are functionally,
> no
> > different than any other kernel module that you'd use.
> >
> > --- Bill Campbell <bill at celestial.com> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 12:10:36PM -0800, Vern W Heesch wrote:
> > > ...
> > >
> > > >So I should remove the rpm from the system and use the tarball? I
> > >
> > > guess I'm
> > >
> > > >confused because I can't reinstall a rpm that's already
> installed.
> > >
> > > Am I
> > >
> > > >missing something simple here and confusing myself?
> > >
> > > I've only done this with Caldera 2.x and up kernels so can't speak
> > > directly
> > > to Mandrake or other distributions.  The RPMS seem need to be
> rebuilt
> > > along
> > > with the kernel are the hwprobe, pcmcia, and iBCS (on 2.2.x
> kernels).
> > > I've
> > > built RPMS to support iBCS and power management for laptops for
> > > Caldera
> > > eDesktop 2.4 so that I can install them on machines without
> fiddling
> > > the
> > > individual systems.

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