On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Thomas Bächler <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am 14.07.2010 16:21, schrieb Nilesh Govindarajan: >> How do I make kernel 2.6 boot from NFS using a PCMCIA network card? >> Without initrd would be preferred. > > You need to build a kernel with PCMCIA, your PCMCIA host bridge and the > network card driver built-in ... that _might_ work, if the PCMCIA card > does not require userspace-based initialization. Additionally you need > to build in NFS support and kernel level NFS autoconfiguration. > > This is much simplified if you use initramfs, mkinitcpio should be able > to do it, even with the default Arch kernel, you may need to add some > drivers manually though. > > I can't use arch kernel because its too big for my diskless client. Further, I don't see any PCMCIA option while compiling kernel 2.6 I tried kernel 2.4 also, it has the exact driver for my card, but then glibc complains. Later I tried to compile glib with --enable-kernel=2.4, won't compile. So the only way out for me seems kernel 2.6 Could anyone provide me more info on compiling PCMCIA drivers right inside vmlinuz image? If not inside vmlinuz, with initrd. -- Regards, Nilesh Govindarajan Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nilesh.gr Twitter: http://twitter.com/nileshgr Website: http://www.itech7.com Cheap and Reliable VPS Hosting: http://j.mp/arHk5e
