Using "cardctl ident" I have identified my card as:
"3Com", "3CRWE62092B Wireless LAN PC Card"

I have downloaded the atmel driver and unziped/untarred it and then ran
make config

Build Debug version (y/n) : n
Set extra module version information (y/n) : y
Build USB Drivers (y/n) : n
Build PCMCIA Drivers (y/n) : y
Build PCMCIA rfmd Driver (y/n) : y
Build PCMCIA 3COM Driver (y/n) : y
Build PCMCIA rfmd revision d Driver (y/n) : n
Build PCMCIA rfmd revision e Driver (y/n) : n
Build PCMCIA 504 Driver (y/n) : n
Build miniPCI Driver (y/n) : n
Build applications (y/n) : n

then it asks for the location of my "external pcmcia"
i've tried using differenent directory like "/etc/pcmcia" but it always errors and says can't find <directory I submit>/include
and says to re-run with the proper directory.

What's wrong here? I have RH 9.0 and as I've read all the information I could find on this issue in other threads here.
I also made sure to install the kernel configuration packages assuming I might need these to have the kernel source/header files as finegan mentioned before.

Thanks!

Can you dump in here the exact pile of errors from the make, the whole thing would help a little more.

Cheers,

Finegan

here is the script file from that source package where that message originates:

#!/bin/bash
# ATMEL Wireless Card Setup for linux
# Copyright 2001 (c) ATMEL Hellas

if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then
CONFIG_FILE=$1
CONFIG_PCMCIA=$2
else
echo "You must provide the output file and CONFIG_PCMCIA as args"
exit 1
fi

function Checkxforms ()
{
if [ -r /usr/include/X11/Xlib.h -o -r /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h ]; then
for f in /usr/{X11/,X11R6/,local/,}lib/libforms.{so,a} ; do
if [ -r $f ]; then break; fi
done
for g in /usr/{X11/,X11R6/,local/,}include/{,,X11/}forms.h ; do
if [ -r $g ]; then break; fi
done
if [ -r $f -a -r $g ] ; then
HAS_FORMS=y
else
HAS_FORMS=n
fi
else
echo "X Windows include files missing"
fi
}

function CheckKernelVersion
{
if [ -d $1 ]; then
if [ -f $1/Makefile ]; then
for TAG in VERSION PATCHLEVEL SUBLEVEL EXTRAVERSION ; do
eval `sed -ne "/^$TAG/s/[ ]//gp" $1/Makefile`
done
FV="$VERSION.$PATCHLEVEL.$SUBLEVEL$EXTRAVERSION"
if [ "$LV" = "$FV" ]; then
if [ "$PATH_FOUND" = "n" ]; then
PATH_FOUND=y
SRCPATH=$1
fi
fi
fi
fi
}

PATH_FOUND=n
HAS_FORMS=n
MAN_PATH=$(man -w ls|xargs dirname)
MPA=/usr/src
CONFIGP="/etc/pcmcia"
USB_CONFIG="/etc/hotplug"
LV=$(uname -r)

USBDES="/lib/modules/$LV/kernel/drivers/usb"
if [ ! -d $USBDES ]; then
mkdir $USBDES
fi
PCMCIADES="/lib/modules/$LV/pcmcia"
PCIDES="/lib/modules/$LV/kernel/drivers/net"
MODPROBE_PATH=$(which modprobe)

Checkxforms

if [ $KERNEL_SRC ]; then
echo $KERNEL_SRC "(defined)"
else
if [ -L /lib/modules/$LV/build ]&&[ -f /lib/modules/$LV/build/Makefile ]; then
SRCPATH=/lib/modules/$LV/build
else
for f in $MPA/*; do CheckKernelVersion $f ; done
fi

echo "Kernel Version Running $LV"

if [ "$SRCPATH" = "null" ]; then
echo -e "Kernel Source Directory Not Found. Please give path : \c"
read SRCPATH
if [ ! -d $SRCPATH ]; then
echo "Invalid Path"
rm -f config.mk
fi
else
echo Found Kernel Source Directory "($SRCPATH)"
fi

echo KERNEL_SRC = $SRCPATH >> $CONFIG_FILE
fi

if [ "$CONFIG_PCMCIA" = "y" ]; then
PCMCIA_IN_KERNEL=$(grep -c CONFIG_PCMCIA= $SRCPATH/.config)

if [ $PCMCIA_IN_KERNEL -eq 1 ] ; then
echo "using kernel pcmcia"
PCMCIA_SRC=$SRCPATH
else
echo -n "root dir of external pcmcia: "
read PCMCIA_SRC
fi

if [ ! -d $PCMCIA_SRC/include ]; then
echo "pcmcia include dir $PCMCIA_SRC/include does not exist."
exit 2;
fi
else
PCMCIA_SRC="PCMCIA was not configured"
fi

echo HAS_FORMS = $HAS_FORMS >> $CONFIG_FILE
if [ -f $PCMCIA_DES ];then
echo PCMCIA_CONFIG = $CONFIGP >> $CONFIG_FILE
echo PCMCIA_SRC = $PCMCIA_SRC >> $CONFIG_FILE
fi

echo PCI_DES = $PCIDES >> $CONFIG_FILE
if [ -f $PCMCIA_DES ];then
echo PCMCIA_DES = $PCMCIADES >> $CONFIG_FILE
fi
echo USB_DES = $USBDES >> $CONFIG_FILE
echo USB_CONFIG = $USB_CONFIG >> $CONFIG_FILE
echo MAN_PATH = $MAN_PATH >> $CONFIG_FILE
echo >> $CONFIG_FILE
echo >> $CONFIG_FILE

have you downloaded the pcmcia-cs package and installed it.
I was having a very similar problem. and that fixed the problem.

I had the same problem, pcmcia_cs was already installed. Using Mandrake 9.1

I just used the previous driver (2.2.1.1 or something) and it worked fine.