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Re: include/exclude in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts



Robert D. Crawford <rdc1x@comcast.net>:
>  I have seen on the net that for some laptops using pcmcia that special
>  configuration changes must be made in the inclusion or exclusion of port
>  and/or memory addresses in the config.opts file.  I however cannot find
>  a recipe that will work in my case.  Is there some tool that can be used
.................^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

What does that mean, exactly?

>  to find out what addresses are free and can be included or excluded?

lspci, dmesg, `cat /proc/interrupts`, `cardctl info`

>  The laptop in question is a vaio r505 and the pcmcia card is a proxim
>  orinoco silver with an agere chipset, if that is useful.

Mine excludes serial and parallel ports, and includes (three) obscure
ports and (three) obscure memory addresses.  I haven't changed it
since installation.


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