Re: 2.4.18 pcmcia troubles
From: ScruLoose (scruloose+debuser_at_eastlink.ca)
Date: 08/06/03
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Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 03:17:41 -0400 To: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 05:23:56AM +0000, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
> ScruLoose wrote:
> >Hm. I don't *think* that worked, but I'm not entirely sure.
> >The i82092 module loads, but subsequent attempts to modprobe
> >pcnet_cs result in the familiar error:
>
> Hmmm. I would have expected loading the module to fail. Was there any
> output at all on "modprobe i82092". Did anything appear in
> /var/log/syslog?
Yep, "modprobe i82092" produced this output:
Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.18-1-586tsc/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/i82092.o will taint the kernel: no licence
The first two lines of that show up in syslog too, but the warning
doesn't.
i82092 shows up in lsmod as being "unused"...
> >Does this look like the module doesn't support my hardware, or is there
> >some sort of vital step I'm leaving out in between there?
> >
> Not sure.
My situation right now stands with pcmcia_core and i82092 listed in
lsmod; modprobe-ing pcnet_cs fails after complaining about "ds: no
socket drivers loaded!"; and modprobe-ing ds itself fails with that
same complaint.
And a note: if I boot into the old 2.2.20 kernel with "skip i82365" in
discover's config, then it boots up with no pcmcia modules loaded
except pcmcia_core.
I can then modprobe i82365, and then I can modprobe pcnet_cs, and it
succeeds, and the link light comes on on my dongle.
So I *think* I can conclude from this that the behaviour under 2.4
indicates a "module doesn't support the hardware" kind of problem...
does that sound reasonable?
> >Now, when you say "refers to it"... Is this information I should know
> >where to look for myself?
> >
> Not really; I was digging around in kernel sources.
Um. I'll hazard a guess that it's a bit early for me to get into that.
;-)
> >That does lead me to another question: would it be any significant
> >security risk (or instability risk) to use a pre-release kernel on a
> >firewall?
> >
> I wouldn't think it's a security risk. There is some instability risk;
> in my experience the pre kernels are usually stable enough, but there's
> no guarantee. If something breaks in a released stable kernel, various
> people will be very embarassed, but in a pre-release they'll just look
> all innocent and say "but it *was* a test kernel" :-)
Fair enough. That sounds a lot like what I would have guessed, but it's
nice to have a second opinion.
> In any case, 2.4.22rc1 has *just* appeared on the mirrors. (rc=release
> candidate). You can interpret that as "it's stable enough now, let's
> go", or that a final release is days not weeks away and you might as
> well wait, depending on taste...
Hehe! A week ago I would never have dreamed I'd be sitting here right
now trying to decide my personal 'taste' on compiling a prerelease
kernel...
I hope you can forgive a little bit of newbie excitement on this. ;-)
I think maybe I will take a crack at 2.4.22rc1 (although knowing me
the release version will be out when I actually get around to it)
Sweet timing either way, though.
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