PCMCIA please help
Contents:
A) My Problem
B) My System / Hardware
C) Symptoms
D) Program Outputs / Configuration Files
E) Syslog
F) What I tried
G) Kernel Configuration
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A) My Problem
I try to run an Edimax cardbus fast ethernet card with David Hinds pcmcia
package.
It is not listed in /etc/pcmcia/config and 'cardctl ident' returns no
usable values (see below).
What can I do to make it run?
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B) My System / Hardware
Debian 3.0 r1 stable ("Woody")
2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel
pcmcia-cs_3.2.2-1.1_i386.deb installed
Siemens Nixdorf Scenic Mobile 710 Laptop (P 166, 64 MB RAM)
with Cirrus CL-PD 6832 cardbus controller
Edimax EP-4103DL 32bit cardbus fast ethernet card
(which uses a Realtek 8139 chip)
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C) Symptoms
I had to remove all lines concerning memory ranges from
/etc/pcmcia/config.opts except 'include memory 0xc0000-0xfffff'. Otherwise
the system freezes when the card is inserted. (When I unplug the card then
there are three beeps - middle, low, high.)
With the changes to config.opts I get a very short and low crack and the
line 'cs: cb_alloc(bus 1):vendor 0x10ec, device 0x8139' when I insert the card.
When I remove the card I get one high beep and the line 'cs:cb_free(bus 1)'.
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D) Program Outputs / Configuration Files (with card inserted to Socket 0,
in alphabetical order)
'cardctl config'
Socket 0:
Vcc 3.3V Vpp1 3.3V Vpp2 3.3V
interface type is "cardbus"
function 0:
'cardctl ident'
Socket 0:
no product info available
PCI id: 0x10ec, 0x8139
'cardctl info'
PRODID_1=""
PRODID_2=""
PRODID_3=""
PRODID_4=""
MANFID=0000,0000
FUNCID=255
PRODID_1=""
PRODID_2=""
PRODID_3=""
PRODID_4=""
MANFID=0000,0000
FUNCID=255
'cardctl status'
Socket 0:
3.3V CardBus card
function 0: [ready]
'cat /proc/pci' (excerpt)
Bus 0, device 20, function 0:
CardBus bridge: Cirrus Logic PD 6832 (rev 193).
IRQ 9.
Master capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=192. Max Lat=4.
Non-prefetchable 32bit memory at 0xfedfb000 [0xfedfbffff]
'cat /proc/interrupts'
0: 373833 XT-PIC timer
1: 7001 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
8: 3 XT-PIC rtc
9: 28 XT-PIC i82365
11: 0 XT-PIC usb-uhci
14: 101127 XT-PIC ide0
NMI: 0
LOC: 0
ERR: 0
MIS: 0
'dump_cis'
Socket 0:
no CIS present
'dump_cis -f'
Socket 0
common_jedec 0x18 0x36, 0x36 0x36, 0x36 0x36, 0x36 0x36
'dump_cardbus'
bash: dump_cardbus: command not found
'lsmod'
ds
i82365
pcmcia_core
apm
keybdev
usbkbd
input
usb-uhci
usbcore
'lspci -v'
pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci/01/00.0
lspci: Unable to read 64 bytes of configuration space.
(without the card it reads:)
00:14.0 Card Bus bridge: Cirrus Logic PD 6832 (rev c1)
Flags: bu master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
Memory at fedfb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4k]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=04, sec-latency=176
I/O window 0: 00000000-00000003
I/O window 1: 00000000-00000003
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
/var/run/stab: Socket0: unsupported card
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E) Syslog
(excerpts:)
[...]
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida kernel: Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with
MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida kernel: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida kernel: ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[...]
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.33
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida kernel: kernel build: 2.4.18-bf2.4 unknown
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida kernel: ds: no socket drivers loaded!
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida kernel: unloading PCMCIA Card Services
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.33
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida kernel: kernel build: 2.4.18-bf2.4 unknown
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida kernel: Intel ISA/PCI/CardBus PCIC probe:
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida kernel: Cirrus PD6832 rev c1 PCI-to-CardBus at slot
00:14, mem 0xfedfb000
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida kernel: host opts [0]: [ring] [0/7/4] [3/17/4]
[pci irq 9] [lat 64/176] [bus 1/4]
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida kernel: host opts [1]: [ring] [0/7/4] [3/17/4]
[pci irq 9] [lat 64/176] [bus 5/8]
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida kernel: ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,5,7 PCI status
changes
Aug 16 13:41:04 kida cardmgr[182]: starting, version is 3.1.33
Aug 16 13:41:05 kida cardmgr[182]: watching 2 sockets
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F) What I tried
1) The card ran perfectly under WinXP on the same machine. There it was not
identified as an Edimax, but as a Realtek 8139 family card.
The card configuration in system control read (translated from German):
'Realtek RTL8139-Family-PCI-Fast Ethernet-NIC'
Type: Network adapter
Producer: Realtek
Location: PCI-Bus 1, Device 0, Function 0
Resources:
I/O Range FF00-FFFF
Memory Range FFEFFE00-FFEFFFFF
IRQ 09
'Cirrus Logic PD6832 Cardbus-controller'
Type: PCMCIA adapter
Producer: Cirrus Logic
Location: PCI-Bus 0, Device 20, Function 0
Resources:
Memory Range FEDFB000-FEDFBFFF
Memory Range FFEFF000-FFEFFFFF
Memory Range F9000000-FCFFFFFF
I/O Range FF00-FFFF
I/O Range FE00-FEFF
IRQ 09
Memory Range 000DB000-000DBFFF
2) Under SuSE 8.1 with PCMCIA_PCIC="external" the card was at least
recognized by YaST2, but I couldn't get it run.
Section PCI:
RT8139
Card Type: CardBus
Bus: PCI
[...]
Resources:
mem 0xc8000
active: Yes
start: 819200
Rev: 16
Driver:
modules
active: No
modpobe: Yes
modules modprobe 8139too
modules
active: No
modprobe: No
modules modprobe mii
modprobe 8139too
bus_id: 1
hotplug: cardbus
[...]
3) When I insert my ELSA Microlink 28.8 MC PCMCIA Modem card when running
Debian I get:
2 high beeps.
cs: warning: no high memory space available!
cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: excluding 0xdc000-0xdffff
cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0cffff: excluding 0xc0000-0xcbfff
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x200-0x207 0x220-0x22f
0x330-0x337 0x370-0x37f 0x388-0x38f 0x398-0x39f 0x3c0-0x3df 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0208-0x021f: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0238-0x032f: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0338-0x036f: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0390-0x0387: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x03a0-0x0397: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x03e0-0x03bf: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0308-0x04cf: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x04d8-0x04ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x1000-0x17ff: clean.
ttyS02 at port 0x03e8 (irq=3) is a 16550A
4) loading kernel module 'pcnet_cs' or 'cb_enabler'
5) /etc/default/pcmcia:
CORE_OPTS: adding 'cis_speed=500' or 'cis_speed=900'
adding 'cis_width=1'
adding 'wakeup=1'
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G) Kernel Configuration
/boot/config-2.4.18-bf2.4 (no changes made!)
(default values are:)
CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y
CONFIG_APM=m
CONFIG_PNP=m
CONFIG_8139CP=y
CONFIG_8139TOO=y
CONFIG_8139TOO_8129=y
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