Re: Help: PCMCIA problems on 2.2 -> 2.4 kernel upgrade

[gnx <gnx@email.it>]

Julian Gilbey wrote:

> Jan 12 23:37:20 polya2 kernel:     ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,5,7,9,10,11
> status change on irq 11 Jan 12 23:38:52 polya2 kernel: cs: memory probe
> 0x0c0000-0x0fffff: excluding 0xe4000-0xfffff Jan 12 23:38:53 polya2
> kernel: 3c589_cs: RequestIRQ: Resource in use
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>    Julian
> 

try this:

first, you have to know which I/O address and IRQ (aka resource) your card
is trying to use. To get them, pull out the card and insert it again, then
look in kernel (or in your console) for those parameters. This is a kernel
log example:

        Jan 10 00:24:27 mypc cardmgr[350]: socket 0: 3Com 572/574 Fast Ethernet
        Jan 10 00:24:27 mypc kernel: eth1: Megahertz 574B at io 0x300, irq 3,
        hw_addr 00:50:04:8E:F6:E5.

(in this case IO address is 0x300)

then open /etc/pcmcia/config.opts and add a line like:

        exclude port 0x300-0x300

restart pcmcia service and see the result. Another attempt is to exclude the
IRQ:

        exclude irq 3

or both IO and IRQ first requested by your card