Understanding hardware support

[Alex Snow]

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a vax? sweet. Very cool machines. I recently got ahold of one but I 
haven't got it completely networked yet.
On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 
09:38:04AM -0700, Debee Norling wrote:
> Well the more I read, it seems the less I know.
> 
> I've been trying to figure out how to get Zipspeak to support at least one
> of my PCMCIA cards.  I have both wired and wi-fi network cards that I'd
> especially like to be using. (We run a neighborhood access point and also
> run our own SMTP server on a VAX with a home network already in place.)
> 
> I am grateful to everyone who kindly offered to help me privately, but I've
> learned so much from reading this list's archive, I'd rather ask general
> questions now so the answers are public.  In no way am I trying to snub
> anyone who offered to help off-list.
> 
> I'm really confused because I don't understand exactly how and where
> hardware support is implemented. Some docs tell me to recompile my kernel.
> Some docs say I need kernel patches. Some docs suggest I replace my kernel
> with another one on the distro's CD. Some docs tell me to enable
> auto-loading of modules. Some docs tell me to add modules.  Some docs tell
> me to simply edit some cryptic file. Some docs tell me hardware will be
> automatically detected.  This all sounds contradictory.
> 
> I need to be pointed in the direction of a how-to that gives clarification
> about how to troubleshoot whether hardware is supported/detected and what to
> do, and the order to do it in, when it isn't. I also have the additional
> complication of Speakup, which I assume means I can't just replace my
> kernel.
> 
> I'm not expecting device manager or plug-in-play; getting my hardware
> working is part of the fun. But I'm surprised that so much of what I read is
> inconsistent.
> 
> And guys, if I ever get this figured out, I'll write up something
> unambiguous to explain it to the clueless!!!
> 
> --Debee
> 
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