Loading PCMCIA modules

[Al Graziano]

Thank you. I did look at the blacklist file (it may work) but I still 
need to bind the wireless card to the new driver. Do you know where such 
binding info is kept?

Ciao
Al

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Al Graziano wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to change the driver binding to my PCMCIA wireless card,
>> from orinoco to hostap, as I need to put the card in master mode and the
>> orinoco driver doesn't support it. This is what I get from pccardctl
>>
>> # pccardctl info
>> PRODID_1="INTERSIL"
>> PRODID_2="HFA384x/IEEE"
>> PRODID_3="Version 01.02"
>> PRODID_4=""
>> MANFID=0156,0002
>> FUNCID=6
>>
>> # pccardctl status
>> Socket 0:
>> 3.3V 16-bit PC Card
>> Subdevice 0 (function 0) bound to driver "orinoco_cs"
>>
>>
>> I run Fedora 6 and after a lot of reading and googling I realize that
>> much of the PCMCIA stuff has changed alot with the new 2.6 kernel. I was
>> thinking of using the /etc/pcmcia/conf file and put the mapping for the
>> new binding there, and then restart the PCMCIA service. However, all is
>> changed and I am struggling to understand how I can change mapping
>> between the card and drivers. It appears as though the
>> /etc/pcmcia/conf.opts is still used
>>
>> Any help is greatly appreciated, please :-)
>>
>> Ciao
>> Al
>>
>>     
> You may want to take a look at /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist. I have not
> tried it, but I suspect that you can ether create a file in
> /etc/modprobe.d or an entry in /etc/modprobe.conf with something like:
>
> blacklist orinoco_cs
>
> to stop it from being loaded automatically. You will have to run
> depmod after making the change in order for it to take affect. (This
> is also done when you reboot...)
>
> Mikkel
>