[Trinux-talk] Support for Accton EN2242

[Matthew F. <mf...@ci...>]

> Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] new ISO image
> 
> 
> > What NIC do you have? With the laptop you'll need to ensure that
> > pcmcia-bin.tgz pcmcia-coremods.tgz and then the individual (3com,
> > xircom, or whatever) driver have been installed.
> 
> I built a new ISO using ide-rc2 and the workstation now detects/configures 
> dhcp w/ no problems.  The laptop still is not detecting a dhcp client 
> though.  The laptop has an Accton EN2242 miniPCI NIC.  Do I need to add an 
> entry to tux/kpkglist in order load the module on boot?  
> I didn't get the kernel config, must have been blocked.


It looks like the Accton EN2242 uses this driver:

http://www.trinux.org/pkg/2.4.5/pcmcia-pcnet.tgz


If you are booting off the pcmcia floppy then you could add it (after
deleting the 3com, xircom, tulip, eepro) and then do a network load. I
have not tested the pcnet driver so I'm not sure if it works.

I think the ISO Image I released did not have pcmcia-bin.tgz so unless you
build your own, you might be out of luck. If you do build your own add the
pcmcia-pcnet.tgz (as well as pcmcia-bin, and pcmcia-coremods) to the
pkglist (not kpkglist) on the boot floppy you use to burn the cd.

I will probably release a smaller ISO image (rc3) in a day or two that
fixes the hanging problem when no floppy is present.

-mdf