pci -> pcmcia + elsaAirlancer

[lorschy]

hi there i have tried for a while and i had little succes but now i dont know any further.

i am thus far:
lsmod
Module Size Used by Tainted: P
orinoco 32352 0 (unused)
hermes 3392 0 [orinoco]
pcmcia_core 42144 0 (unused)

strace -eopen -f cardmgr
open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("config", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOTDIR (Not a directory)
open(".", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = 4
open("./hermes.conf", O_RDONLY) = 4
open("./config.opts", O_RDONLY) = 4
open("/proc/devices", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY) = 3
cardmgr[9725]: no pcmcia driver in /proc/devices

what is missing? i build my kernel as told in the sticky post, and afterwards i emerged pcmcia-cs, then i insmoded pcmcia_core and orinoco.
can anyone help me with this.
i have never been closer to get the card to work, even redhat installation freezes my machine, but for now i really have some hope to get it working.