<Solved> Kernel 2.6.15 and wireless card wpc11v3-

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Hi!
I'm attempting to get this darn card (Linksys WPC11v3) up and running under kernel 2.6.15-gentoo-sources-- with the new in-kernel pcmcia and card drivers... This card does function under the old pcmcia_cs (thank you knoppix-), but I haven't found a working implementation on a bootable cd using a more recent kernel.

I've scoured the forums, google, and a few other spots trying to get this up and running, but I'm not getting very far. I've at least finally gotten pccardctl ident to correctly identify the card, so I'm guessing pcmcia is up and running, but I'm still getting a "eth1 does not exist" message when trying to start up the network.

Does anyone care to walk me through this? I feel like I'm missing one important step along the way...

Here's some relevant hardware:
VPR Matrix 220A5 (ali chipset/intel 2.2 ghz)

lspci:
00:0a.0 Cardbus bridge: Texs Instruments PCI1410 PC cardbus controller (rev 02)

Linksys WPC11 Version 3 (definitely NOT version 4...)

Software/config

Gentoo-Sources 2.6.15

--CONFIG_PCCARD=y
--CONFIG_PCMCIA=y
--CONFIG_PCMCIA_LOAD_CIS=y
--CONFIG_PCMCIA_IOCTL=y
--CONFIG_CARDBUS=y

--CONFIG_YENTA=Y
--CONFIG_I82092=m (autoloaded module)
--CONFIG_PCMCIA_PROBE=y

--CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y
--CONFIG_HERMES=y
--CONFIG_PCI_HERMES=m (autoloaded module)
--CONFIG_PCMCIA_HERMES=m (autoloaded module)
--CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS=y
--CONFIG_NET_PCMCIA=y

net-wireless/wireless-tools --28_pre10
sys-apps/pcmciautils --012
sys-apps/baselayout --1.11.13-r1

-----I've also noted that in order to get the card recognized by that pccardctl ident, I have to manually type "pcmcia-socket-startup"...??? No clue on that one...
-----What else...okay-- under the old pcmcia_cs system, I remember having to comment out a line in the pcmcia_opts file about NOT using a port range that was nominally used for a parallel port, but I haven't found anything like that in this system...
-----On the random advice I've found, I've tried appending "pci=assign-busses" to the grub kernel line as well as "acpi=off". Neither one of those will initiate the pcmcia-socket-startup bit..

If you can think of any more info that would help, let me know and I'll post it. Otherwise, I'll keep chipping away at this...
Thanks-

EDIT--------------------------------------------------------------
All Better now-

I did 2 things, one of which I could swear I've done before, but I didn't document...(Yeah- a fine Scientist I make...)
1) I Config'd all the standard driver-bits I normally use to be IN-Kernel, and this time included the 16-bit PCMCIA Support.
---Like I said, I could swear that was in there before, but I'm not totally positive, and its one of 2 things I changed.
2) I emerged the 2.6.12 kernel in preparation for a strategic retreat back to an earlier kernel version that I KNOW worked...but before I went all the way, I gave it one last try-

I don't know if the 2.6.12-gentoo-r10 kernel put something in place that wasn't there before, but regardless of how it happened, IT WORKS!!!
That 'why' is still going to bug me, though...