Installing the PCMCIA drivers: easy

And APM: no luck yet



David Hinds' pcmcia_cs package was relatively straightforward to install. Once again, you basically just follow the instructions given, and it seems to work.

I didn't have any trouble with this package. However, I've only used it with my modem card (Megahertz XJ1144), which is a fairly standardized device. Check out the other laptop howto's and the PCMCIA-HOWTO for information on installing other sorts of cards.

The PCMCIA chipset in the 34/3600 is apparently the absolute industry standard (i82365), and pcmcia_cs autodetects it with no trouble. Here's what gets logged about it:


Linux PCMCIA Card Services 2.6.2
Intel PCIC probe: 
  Intel i82365sl rev 3 at 0x3e0, 1 socket
  irq mask (scanned) = 0x9eb8, status change on irq 15
sram_mtd: attr at 0x0, 0 kb, 250 ns
tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16450


I have finally gotten around to installing a new kernel, with APM. You can find my commentary on that process Ian Johnston. Check out my homepage for a laugh...