Yellow Dog Linux General

TOPIC: Enabling a PCMCIA ethernet card



Overview
In attempting to install, configure, and activate a PCMCIA ethernet card in an Apple TiBook, Greg discovered that the system defaults were incorrect and required modification. As root:

head -17 /etc/pcmcia/config.opts [ENTER]
# System resources available for PCMCIA devices

# PCMCIA-HOWTO says the defaults listed in here are wrong, and it should
# really be the following on a PowerBook
include memory 0x80000000-0x80ffffff
include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x1000-0x17ff

# These are the (wrong for PowerBooks) supplied defaults for config.opts:
#include memory 0x90000000-0x9003ffff
#include port 0x1000-0x1fff

This HOWTO is by Greg Earle, MIPL, NASA JPL



 
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