Distribution: Gentoo Hardware Environment: Pentium II based laptops, network cards 3c589 and xircom_cb Software Environment: diskless/nfs root environment Problem Description: I am trying to setup a network with a variety of clients using NFS root filesystems. Although the kernel supports IP autoconfiguration via DHCP and PCMCIA, on 2.4.27 it doesn't load the drivers for the PCMCIA cards until after it attempts to request an IP address. Under 2.6.8.1, it loads the PCMCIA and procedes to request an IP address, then panics that it can't find a root. I was unable to see if it loaded the drivers for the cards. This is not a high priority issue for me, but it would be nice if I was able to use these older machines. Thank you for your time, and if it isn't fixable or too much work to fix, don't worry about it.
This bug appears to have gotten stuck in the system. The whole PCMCIA subsystem has been reworked since this bug was submitted.
I think we can close it indeed. Bob, you can re-open it if the problem still exists. Thanks.