[ltp] Kernel 2.4.20 and PCMCIA

[James Mckenzie]

Adam:

Here is the output of dmesg piped thru the more command for pcmcia services:

Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
  options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:02.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:05.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 01:00.0
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:02.1
Yenta IRQ list 06b8, PCI irq11
Socket status: 30000006
Yenta IRQ list 06b8, PCI irq11
Socket status: 30000006
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x3b8-0x3df 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.

There are no devices in my PC Card slots.

James McKenzie

Adam Southerland wrote:

> I started with Slackware 8... I have downloaded a bunch of new stuff 
> since then...
> (I installed Base + Netowrking - Then Added X-Windows and everything 
> Else I'm using)
>
> I downloaded the 2.4.20 Kernel source and tried that... It is 
> something odd with either my Linux or My Laptop... Not sure... I have 
> been thinking about Ghosting it and then Installing Slackware 9, 
> seeing if that works, if so - Copy all Configs (see what makes it 
> tick) and then go back to mine....
>
> Why Slackware? 2.1Gb HD, CDDrive no bootable and it swaps with the 
> floppy drives... I created a 300Mb DOS partition so I could install 
> slackware... (At the time I didn't have a network card either... Now I 
> 'should' be able to use PCMCIA and a NIC across a network - If it 
> works =)
>
> (btw... the PCMCIA when first loading the yenta_socket gives me a no 
> IRQs found error.... (AKA, IRQ=0) so nothing works =(
>
> Adam
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: James Mckenzie <jjmckenzie51@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> Subject: Re: [ltp] Kernel 2.4.20 and PCMCIA
> Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 19:21:28 -0700
>
> Adam and all:
>
> I have used PCMCIA devices, such as an IBM Home and Away card without 
> problems from either a warm or cold boot.  Which distro are you using 
> (I'm on RH 8.0 with the 2.4.20-18.8 kernel straight out of the box).  
> I do have to use network manager to set up eth0 to work with the card, 
> but a read through dmesg and I found the device type and fixed it 
> right up.
>
> James Mckenzie
>
> Adam Southerland wrote:
>
>> Do you mean that it worked on a cold boot, but not a warm boot?
>>
>> I have not tested this... I have only tested on Warm boots and mine 
>> has not worked yet =(
>> (Note: Warm Boot equals reboot, Cold boot equals just Powered On -- 
>> my simplified version =)
>>
>> Adam Southerland
>
>
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