Re: [TCLUG:21619] PCI / PCMCIA linkage?

[Callum Lerwick <lerwick@tcfreenet.org>]

Bill Layer wrote:
> 
> When building 2.2.16 without PCI support compiled-in, I get a total failure of
> PCMCIA drivers on boot up. This makes sense if the PCMCIA cardbus is on the PCI
> bus, but at boot time, a stock kernel reports:
> 
> PCI: No PCI bus detected.
> 
> Would seem safe to remove any PCI support if I truly lack the hardware, eh? For
> the record, the PCMCIA controller is an Intel i82365s, and it works perfectly
> on a kernel _with_ PCI support built-in.
> 
> So if I have "no PCI" how is it that the PCMCIA fails after making a kernel
> without PCI support? Is the boot message a lie?

You have to reconfigure PCMCIA to not compile cardbus and whatever else
seperately, since it isn't completely integrated into the kernel in
2.2.x. PCMCIA has its own config.