Re: PCMCIA card with USB connectors?

From: Jan Schenk (jan.schenk_at_kc26.net)
Date: 11/27/03

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    Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 12:21:23 +0100

    On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:34:33 +0100
    stig <_nospam_stigerikson@yahoo.se> wrote:

    > Jan Schenk wrote:
    > > On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 23:35:27 +0100
    > > stig <_nospam_stigerikson@yahoo.se> wrote:
    > >
    > >>the usb port on my laptop just broke, i plan to get a PCMCIA-card
    > >with>USB-ports, so i ask, has anyone successfully installed a USB
    > >PCMCIA>card on linux (preferably fedora)?
    > >>what brand and model was it?
    > >
    > >
    > > hi stig,
    > > I got a no name usb2.0 card working with my dell inspiron 4000, but
    > > I'm using the beta kernel 2.6.0. it seems not to work with vanilla
    > > 2.4.2x, since its usb 2.0, and i needed the wlan-config (no
    > > pcmcia-modules from the kernel, but pcmcia-cs package), which didn't
    > > support usb2.0.
    > >
    > > I don't know if redhat / fedora backported some features, but maybe
    > > you are lucky.
    > >
    > > i guess the chipsets in pcmcia-usb-controllers are so generic that
    > > the manufacturer of the card shouldn't be much of a point.
    > >
    > > hope that helped,
    > >
    > > jan
    > >
    >
    > thanks for the answer.
    > do you think that the 2.4.22 kernel can handle USB 1.1 pcmcia-usb
    > controllers?

    I'm sure it does as long as you don't need wlan. But I cannot give you
    further instructions on how to do it, since i never tried it with a
    2.4.x kernel.

    > the pcmcia-cs package, where can i find more info?

    there should be something about it on the linux documentation project
    www.tldp.org or try googling for it...

    greetz,
    jan

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