FC5 not properly configuring modem of multifunction modem/ethernet card

[Stanley A. Klein]

Quoting Jar <jar at pcuf.fi>:

>
>> Quoting jar <jar at pcuf.fi>:
>>
>>> Stanley A. Klein wrote:
>>>> The file is definitely there and it was put there by FC5.
>>>
>>> OK, my fault, it is there. But that file is only for pcmcia resource
>>> management (memory, irq) not for defining cards as far I know.
>>>
>>> Maybe your card needs that the 3CXEM556.cis gets loaded. Try to copy
>>> 3CXEM556.dat to /lib/firmware/3CXEM556.cis or
>>> /etc/firmware/3CXEM556.cis. The 3CXEM556.dat file can be found from the
>>> pcmcia-cs package.
>>>
>>> BR. Jar
>>
>> There is no /etc/firmware on my system.  There is a /lib/firmware, but
>> it is empty.  I downloaded the pcmcia-cs package and found some
>> 3C*.dat and 3C*.cis files in a etc/cis of the download.  I copied them
>> into the /etc/firmware on my laptop.  The problem remained.
>>
>> However, I looked at the information in 3CXEM556.cis and found it is
>> not accurate for the card.  Neither is the information in
>> 3CCFEM556.cis.  For example, the card does not identify itself as
>> "Megahertz 3CXEM556", "LAN + 56k Modem".  It identifies itself as
>> "3Com Corporation 3C562D/3C563D EtherLink III LAN+Modem PC Card".
>>
>> If an entry in /lib/firmware is needed, how do I create a cis file for
>> the card I have?
>
> OK, maybe the correct place is /lib/firmware then. I think that you   
> should take the
> 3CXEM556.dat file form etc/cis directory and _copy AND rename_ that   
> file to your
> /lib/firmware directory --> 3CXEM556.cis, e.g. *.dat-->*.cis.
>

I renamed it and it still didn't work.  The data in the text version  
of the cis file is incorrect for the card.  How do I build a correct  
cis file for the card I have?  It isn't the card for which the file is  
provided.


Stan Klein