Re: pcmcia ethernet?
thanks for the note, yes this did work.
for others' reference, using the 2.4.3-benh kernel, i had to compile my
own current pcmcia-cs (the one in unstable didn't work)
i had to modify the file /etc/pcmcia/config.opts to contain
include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x1000-0x17ff
include memory 0x80000000-0x80ffffff
instead of the default values
and i managed to get a 574-based card to work (marked as x86-only in the
supported list but i sent in my success report)
the card appears to run hot (the fan turns on -- i thought it was broken)
and i can't rsync my whole hard drive or the process hangs and the card
gets *really* hot. so i will have to watch this thing but at least it
works for simple net tasks. i'll see if my 589-based card runs better.
brad
> there is some pcmcia config file in /etc and in /etc/pcmcia that
> requires a bit of tweaking. Actually I did not succesfully try PCMCIA
> on a 2.4.x yet, but on 2.2.x it works pretty well.
>
> parameters that require tweaking:
> - I/O range, is defined in /etc/pcmcia/config (or config.opts ?)
> see the doku that came with the pcmcia_cs package, there they say
> that for PowerPC machines you need to redefine the I/O range to
> something like 0x80000000-0x80ffffff or so
> - chipset type: the kernel hangs rather badly if it tries to initialize
> a PCMCIA controller using the wrong chipset.
>
> PS: as a network card, I'm using an Abocom FE1000, being basically
> a 10/100Mbps NE2000 clone. It works, but not too perfectly: only
> when power cable is attached, and only in the upper PCMCIA slot,
> and it eventually requires multiple /etc/init.d/pcmcia restart to get
> it up and working. (As seen on my Powerbook 2400c)
>
> bye
> Philipp Kaeser / furball@space.ch
>
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Brad Midgley
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