pcnet_cs: use axnet_cs instead

[Komuro]

Hi,

The axnet_cs driver in kernel 2.6.24 supports
manfid 0xffff, 0x1090.

Please trt kernel 2.6.24.


Best Regards
Komuro


>
>Hi all there! :)
>
>I've searched and tried lot of things before posting here, but nothing 
>worked.
>So I'm going to summary my problem that is a possible pcmciautils bug.
>
>I have a PCMCIA net card with no brand. During boot up kernel says:
>
>pcnet_cs: this is an AX88190 card!
>pcnet_cs: use axnet_cs instead.
>pcnet_cs: unable to read hardware net address for io base 0x300
>
>
>During pcmcia-cs days (long time ago) the problem was simply fixed 
>adding these lines in config.opts:
>
>card "Network card"
>    version "PCMCIA", "Fast-Ethernet"
>    manfid 0xffff, 0x1090
>    bind "axnet_cs"
>
>and at reboot everything worked fine. No need even to blacklist pcnet_cs.
>
> From the coming of 2.6.13 kernel and pcmciautils I didn't managed to 
>find a way to make this card working.
>I studied udev rules, but these aren't the problem as no card is present 
>in /sys/class/net/ except (obviously) lo.
>I tried manually blacklisting pcnet_cs (with success) and manually 
>modprobing axnet_cs (with success) but still no interface is found in 
>/sys/class/net.
>
>I'm asking here because the problem seems to be related from the change 
>from pcmcia-cs to pcmciautils.
>
>Thank you very much.
>Bye,
>Diego
>
>
>
>P.S.: if you need more infos about quite the same problem (same error, 
>similar cards):
>http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=400105
>http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=141739
>http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=264954
>http://cnycomputerservice.com/deblap.html
>Source file triggering "pcnet_cs: use axnet_cs instead"
>http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/lxr/source/drivers/net/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.c
>
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