The pcmcia.lrp package is built from pcmcia-cs. To configure pcmcia, go to the LEAF packages configuration menu and select pcmcia.
The functionnalities of this package are limited to network, wireless & serial setup. The following menu will appear:
pcmcia configuration files
1) pcmcia default parameters
2) pcmcia configuration
3) wireless configuration
q) quit
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Selection:
Refer to the PCMCIA How-to for a full explanation of the configuration parameters. The man pages are here.
In order to have a working pcmcia package, you need to download in
/lib/modules/pcmcia those modules which are necessary
for your own PCMCIA card:
Starting with Bering v1.0-rc2, pcmcia modules come from the pcmcia-cs package and NOT from the kernel. Non kernel mode PCMCIA support through pcmcia-cs appears more stable.
The PCMCIA drivers are here
Two "core" modules are mandatory: pcmcia_core.o and ds.o and are provided with the pcmcia.lrp package. You will then need a socket driver (tcic.o or i82365.o for example) and your network card drivers.
The interface provided by your pcmcia hardware (e.g. eth0 and ppp0)
should NOT be put in the auto statement of the
/etc/interface file. The /etc/pcmcia/network
script will be launched by the cardmgr program which is launched by
/etc/init.d/pcmcia script. The interface
configuration will be then read from the interface file. See the Bering
user's guide
for practical examples.
On the top of the standard pcmcia.lrp package provided without any pcmcia kernel modules, four other packages are provided in the Bering package area:
pcmcia_hostap.lrp: provides a ready-to-go pcmcia package for hostap driver compatible cards (Prism2 chipset). The necessary pcmcia-cs (3.2.4) drivers are included.
pcmcia_orinoco.lrp: provides a ready-to-go pcmcia package for orinoco cards. The necessary pcmcia-cs (3.2.4) drivers are included.
pcmcia_wlan.lrp: provides a ready-to-go pcmcia package for wlan-ng driver compatible cards (Prism2 chipset). The necessary pcmcia-cs (3.2.4) drivers are included.
pcmcia_xircom.lrp: provides a ready-to-go pcmcia package for XIRCOM 16 bits PCMCIA cards. The necessary pcmcia-cs (3.2.4) drivers are included. It has been tested successfully on a RealPort Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56k (REM56G-100BTX). This file is stripped to a bare minimum to save space.
The previous four packages should be renamed pcmcia.lrp after downloading. Also make sure that the modules provided with pcmcia_XXXX.lrp correspond to the modules provided with your Bering release !
Current "Bering" version: 3.2.4