[ltp] pcmcia troubles with a TP 600

[linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 11:03:30AM -0500, Reed Gregory wrote:
> Quoting "John S. Bucy" <bucy-thinkpad@gloop.org>:
> 
> >
> > I have a TP600 with oldish (~1999) bios. I'm trying to use a SMC2835W
> > wifi card with it. With a 2.6.2 kernel, when I insert it, I get
> > "PCI: ... has unknown device type 7f, ignoring"
> > With a 2.4 kernel, it comes up with a vendor ID of ffff. I've
> > observed the same behavior with a new netgear wg511 card as well. It
> > seems like a bios/config problem.
> >
> > I'm going to try upgrading to BIOS IBET54WW and grab ps2.exe and see
> > what I can do there.
> >
> > Any (other) ideas?
> 
> Are those cards cardbus?  (32-bit cards)  Some older laptops do not support
> cardbus pcmcia cards.  They will work fine with 16-bit cards.  I would check
> into that.  I remember a similar issue with an old gateway laptop that didn't
> support cardbus cards.

According to IBM, the TP600 supports 16/32 bit 3.3/5v type 1/2/3 cards
.. this card is 3.3v type 2 so it seems like it should be compatible...



john