[ltp] pcmcia troubles with a TP 600

[manaen schlabach]

I own one of these and run the gentoo kernel 2.4.22gentoo-r7.  I use the kernel drivers but separately emerge pcmcia programs.  I own a cisco wifi card that gets recognized when the computer "feels like it".  I also have noticed that plugging a 56k modem in and popping it out of the pcmcia turns my unit into an electronic paperweight.  I have not had time to properly troubleshoot it but I suspect that there might be some tweaking that needs to happen in the way pcmci_cs gets initialized.  Perhaps someone out there has figured this one out (I am using the latest bios version).

-----Original Message-----
From: bucy-thinkpad@gloop.org
Sent: Feb 19, 2004 8:46 AM
To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Subject: Re: [ltp] pcmcia troubles with a TP 600


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
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