[ltp] PCMCIA on R40?

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Hi

I had a similar problem on a Thinkpad R40. 
The problem seems to be that the pcmcia module in the recent kernel doesn't provide some newer chipsets. 
I solved this by compiling the kernel (also 2.4.22) without pcmcia support and after that compiling the pcmcia-cs source (http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/) as a module. 
What I tried to do was setting up my AllNet wireless card All0192 (with a prism2.5 chipset). I also had to compile the wlan-ng (http://www.linux-wlan.com/) package to get support for my wireless card, which supports the prism2,2.5,3 chipset. You may have to google around to find the additional software which is needed for your wireless card.
Maybe the following list can help you: http://linux-gpib.sourceforge.net/doc/supported-hardware.html

with best regards, 
Benedikt



On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 08:43:27 -0400
John Ackermann N8UR <jra@febo.com> wrote:

> Hi --
> 
> I'm having problems with PCMCIA on a Thinkpad R40.  I'm using kernel 2.4.22 
> in a Debian unstable environment.
> 
> The problem seems to be with interrupt assignment.  Any card that I plug in 
> shows "IRQ 0" and the interfaces don't seem to like that.  I've tried three 
> different cards (Orinoco wireless, Zoom modem, and National Instruments 
> PCMCIA-GPIB, which is the one I'm really trying to get working).
> 
> A web search turns up one or two clues that I may need to run the DOS 
> ps2.exe program, and one or two others that indicate that there might be 
> some PCMCIA problems in recent kernels (though I can't haven't been able to 
> run that hint to ground).
> 
> So, can anyone provide any hints to get PCMCIA working in the R40?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John Ackermann
> jra@febo.com
> 
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