Read a little more, and I should clear some things up: Read all of http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/README-2.4! I picked out 3 critical notes: Q: Are these two versions of PCMCIA both going to continue with active development? A: The way I see things now, the kernel PCMCIA subsystem will probably be too unstable for widespread deployment, at least in the early days of 2.4. So the standalone package will probably be widely used for some time yet. However, the kernel PCMCIA subsystem should eventually stabilize and be the focus of new development. I expect that development for the standalone kernel modules will shift away from adding functionality, towards mainly bug fixes. Q: Which should I use / which is better? The kernel PCMCIA, or the standalone PCMCIA? A: It really depends. The client drivers should generally behave the same. Some of the internals of the kernel PCMCIA system are very different and less mature than the standalone drivers. Some legacy hardware is currently only supported by the standalone drivers. At this point, I'd recommend using the kernel drivers if you have a specific need or if you are interested in helping test and debug. If you mainly just want something that works, then the standalone subsystem is probably a better bet at the moment. Q: I'm using the kernel PCMCIA subsystem but want to use a driver that isn't included in the kernel yet. Why can't I compile that driver from the standalone PCMCIA package? A: The Makefiles are set up to discourage this, mainly to prevent people from trying combinations that don't make sense. Things in the "modules" directory of the standalone package will not work with the kernel PCMCIA subsystem. However, you can build client drivers by doing a "make" in either the "clients" or "wireless" subdirectories. So you want to rebuild your kernel without cardbus support, and build it with the pcmcia-source package mentioned in my earlier message, as kernel pcmica doesn't have the ide_cs driver (yet). Unstable's pcmcia-source package is current. -- Andy Zbikowski, Sys Admin | (WEB) http://www.ltiflex.com LTI Flexible Products, Inc. | (PH) 763-428-9119 (EX) 132 21801 Industrial Blvd | (FX) 763-428-9126 Rogers, MN 55374 | (PCS) 612-306-6055