From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joshua Schmidlkofer Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:26:41 +0000 Subject: Re: simple question Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 10:53, Zyman, Andy wrote: > Hello, > I'm trying to figure out why my SMC wireless card is not working. > > so far this is my finding ( I should say I'm totally new to this , including > Linux ). > 1. Cardbus cards are not handled by PCMCIA package ( kernel 2.4.18-14, > pcmcia 3.1.31 ) > 2. At the same time pcmcia is needed to be in the memory for hotplug events > to be recognized by kernel. > > Please any comment on this > > 3. Cardbus network cards ( ethernet and wireless ) trigger the pci.agent > with ethX parameter and event. > this basically calls ifup ethX > > Now why it calls ETHx, not wlan interface? > > Any help even hammering my head against the wall - will help. > > Thank You > Andy > I had the same problem, but in my case I was using a kernel w/o the wireless extentions enabled, thus all my wifi card were coming through as ethX. Don't know if that helps. thanks, joshua ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel