> >      Try uncommenting 'options PCIBIOS'
>
> well, it sees the card now, sorta.  except it doesn't really give it =
a
> device name or let me configure it at all.
...
> dlg@ordep:~$ dmesg | egrep -ie '(card|pcmcia|cbb)'
...
> 3Com Corporation, 3CCFE575BT, LAN Cardbus Card, 001 (manufacturer 0x0=
,
> product 0x0) 3Com product 0x5157 (ethernet network, revision 0x01) at=

> cardbus0 dev 0 function 0 not configured

The "not configured" means that no device driver was associated with
the card.  Since you appear to be using a kernel based on GENERIC, I
bet your problem is that it does not have

ex* at cardbus? dev ? function ?

in it.  The distributed GENERIC kernel config has this line commented
out, while in the GENERIC_LAPTOP configuration it is enabled.

Regards,

- H=E5vard