Bernard wrote:
> Hi there !
>
> I am trying to get my old Thinkpad 600 running on Linux RedHat 7.2, to
> connect to the Internet via an IBM pcmcia EtherJet card. The card does
> work on MSWIN 98 on the same system, so the hardware seems OK. My system
> RedHat 7.2 includes pcmcia functions, and my file /etc/pcmcia/config does
> include a mention of said card :
>
> card "IBM 10/100 EtherJet CardBus"
> manfid 0x00a4, 0x0113
> bind "tulip_cb"
>
> device "tulip_cb"
> class "network" module "cb_enabler", "tulip-cb"
>
> However, nothing works. Thereafter, here are relevant lines appearing
> in my /var/log/messages :
>
> .................
> localhost pcmcia: cardmgr[815]: watching 2 sockets
> localhost pcmcia cardmgr[815]: watching 2 sockets
> localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
> localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x130-0x137
> 0x3b8-0x3df 0x4d0-0x4d7
> localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
> localhost pcmcia: done.
> localhost kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
> localhost cardmgr[816]: unsupported card in socket 1
> localhost rc: Starting pcmcia: succeeded
> localhost cardmgr[816]: product info: "IBM", "EtherJet PC Card", "Version
> U10", "Card Assy Part Number - 85H4801"
> localhost cardmgr[816]: manfid: 0x00a4, 0x003f, function: 6 (network)
> ....................
>
> ping 192.168.1.1 gives "network unreachable. /sbin/ifconfig shows nothing
> more that the loopback
>
> Thanks in advance for any help in getting that EtherJet card to work on my
> system
>
>
>
>

RedHat 7.x is *dead*, I say, *DEAD*. Stop wasting your time with it, it's no
longer considered secure or reliable and will not get critical updates,
especially for hardware drivers.

And if you have to use 7.x jump to 7.3.