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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

This pcmcia ethernet card is recognized when I type /etc/pcmcia/start, on 
the same computer under BL3, with the same modules and config file, so I 
must be missing something else in BL2.
It was assigned irq3, the first free irq.

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, sindi keesan wrote:

> I have looked through the PCMCIA HOWTO and it says that ISA pcmcia
> controllers are usually supported.
>
> Might I need to exclude the ports and memory listed below?
> My computer was not in the long list of computers where you have to
> exclude certain IRQs or ports or memory ranges, but it seems to be
> nonstandard in that it won't insmod loop.
>
> We have a PCI ethernet card in there already.  Perhaps I need to rmmod the
> module for it (rtl8139) to avoid a conflict?  The rtl card works with one
> other rtl card but not with a third (which works with the second).  Do
> these pcmcia cards insist on occupying a certain port and memory range?
>
> cardmgr[301]:  could not adjust resource: IO ports 0xc00-0xcff:  Device or
> > resource busy
> > Same for 0x800-0x8ff  0x100-ox4ff
> > But for:        0xc0000-oxfffff:  Input/output error
>
> (The last of these is memory).
> Why are the 'include' lines in config?
>
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > We have a desktop PCMCIA slot that works in DOS.
> >
> > I am trying to make it work in BL2 because 'loop'
> >  does not work on this computer and I can't get the ethernet cable working
> > between it and the computer with BL3 ext2 (though both computers will
> > transfer files between a third one via ethernet).
> >
> > WHen I tried to insmod loop there is some complaint about major number 7
> > not working.  We have three such computers.
> >
> > I copied over from BL3 to BL2 the contents of /etc/pcmcia.
> >
> > I copied over the modules to /lib/modules/2.2.16/pcmcia and also got the
> > correct module for the Megahertz ethernet card:  smc91c92_cs.o (from
> > SW7.1).
> >
> > I unpacked pcmcia.tgz and extracted cardmgr to /usr/sbin (as in BL3).
> >
> > I modified /etc/pcmcia/config as follows:
> >
> >
> > (I left in the device"pcnet_cs" section).
> >
> > device "smc91c92_cs"
> >         class "network" module "misc/8390", "smc91c92_cs"
> > card "Network Card"
> >   function network_adapter
> > # bind "pcnet_cs"
> >    bind "smc91c92_cs"
> >
> > (this is a rare card that does not use the pcnet_cs module)
> >
> >
> >
> > I put the card into the slot (with the 'dongle' dangling - I will need to
> > get a crossover adaptor for it for $2 at the radio store).
> >
> > I typed /etc/pcmcia/start:
> >
> > The modules got loaded.
> >
> > But :
> > cardmgr[301]:  could not adjust resource: IO ports 0xc00-0xcff:  Device
> or
> > resource busy
> > Same for 0x800-0x8ff  0x100-ox4ff
> > But for:        0xc0000-oxfffff:  Input/output error
> >
> > This computer is known to be a bit odd (won't work with loop module).
> > The slot is not your normal pcmcia in a laptop, and is probably rather
> > old.
> >
> > Do I need to further modify  config where I include port or include
> > memory?  The problem seems to be partly with 0x800-x8ff and
> > 0xc00000-0xfffff, which I find in config and also in my error messages.
> >
> > Config reads:
> > include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x800-0x8ff, port 0xc00-oxcff
> > include memory 0xc00000-0xfffff
> >
> >
> > I have very little experience with pcmcia.  Got the modems working with
> > Steven's default setup (in BL3 on a laptop) and also the Compact Flash
> > card adaptor (had to add a device and card for that by querying the card
> > with cardmgr for the relevant info).  This seems to be a new problem.
> >
> > Which I may have compounded by using a very old slot, a nonstandard
> > ethernet card, and my own 'installation' of pcmcia in BL2.
> >
> > We don't have BL2 on a laptop (need to get the ethernet card working first
> > to transfer it) and BL3 would not work on the desktop so I have just
> > jumped in over my head as usual.  Maybe I should try the card in BL3 on a
> > laptop first but this desktop needed setting up anyway for the pcmcia.
> >
> > Ten brownie points for whoever solves this puzzle.
> >
> > Sindi
> >
> > What is rogue?  Three people at sdf have been running it for hours and
> > things are very sluggish as they are using most of cpu.
> > Hard to correct errors.
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