Hi Geoff, -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Von: Geoff Simmons <gsimm...@gsimmons.org> An: Stefan Welte <p...@stefan-welte.de> Datum: 22.01.2010 14:49
Thanks for the detailed answer. >> the cardbus/pcmcia-wlan-card (11ab:1faa) doesn't work on my laptop >> with debian lenny, 2.6.26-2-486: > > What laptop do you have? Your provided lspci output appears to match > against the "Mentor 620" model (Intel Pentium MMX 200) made by Rock > Computers. The laptop is labeled: HIGHSCREEN, LeBook Advance lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: OPTi Inc. 82C557 [Viper-M] (rev 14) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: OPTi Inc. 82C558 [Viper-M ISA+IDE] (rev 02) 00:06.0 VGA compatible controller: Chips and Technologies F65550 (rev c6) 00:07.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1130 (rev 04) 00:07.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1130 (rev 04) 00:14.0 IDE interface: OPTi Inc. 82C621 [Viper-M/N+] (rev 12) lspci -n 00:00.0 0600: 1045:c557 (rev 14) 00:01.0 0601: 1045:c558 (rev 02) 00:06.0 0300: 102c:00e0 (rev c6) 00:07.0 0607: 104c:ac12 (rev 04) 00:07.1 0607: 104c:ac12 (rev 04) 00:14.0 0101: 1045:c621 (rev 12) It seems, the laptop is basically a rock one, and model is mentor (cause of picture and some hardware data). But i'm not sure, if it is the 620; cause there are no hardware details for it. [2] It even could be the "Mentor"-only model [3], but the cardbus bridge is not matching exactly (TI1030 vs TI1130). > If this is correct, are you using BIOS version 1.38? [1] boot screen: systemsoft bios for opti viper 557/558n version 1.01.25 (3530-13) v2.4e 10/29/97 systemsoft plug-n-play bios ver 1.17.00 aida16 (only) told me "systembiosdate 12/23/1994", but unfortunately it did not show any bios version; the motherboard type is also unknown to aida16. :-( So i think, i don't use 1.38, perhaps 1.17? If you are familar with the mentor laptops, is there a difference in the bioses of the mentor series or is there one bios for all mentor laptops? >> dmesg shows: >> cs: pcmcia_socket0: cardbus cards are not supported. > [..] >> another card is working in the pcmcia-slots, so the slot is ok. > > Is your other card a 16-bit or 32-bit (CardBus) PCMCIA device? Yes, the card is 16 bit and works well. But it doesn't support 802.11g. >> possible, suggested solutions: > [snip] >> but with pci=assign-busses,pci=biosirq,pci=routeirq,irqpoll as >> kernelparameters it don't work. > > Did you try these parameters separately, or all together? I tried the pci= parameters separately and combined with the irqpoll parameter. > Try pnpbios=off,pci=noacpi instead. I tried (with "old" bios, version written above), but it did not solve the problem (cardbus cards not supported). I try to get latest bios [4] and then will flash it; afterwards i'll test with these parameters again. > CardBus devices continue to be supported by the Linux kernel, subject to > driver availability (which you intend to workaround using NDISwrapper). Yes, that's my intention. Which part of debian outputs the "cs: pcmcia_socket0: cardbus cards are not supported" information? Is it the kernel, a module or a debian-script,etc? Why does it output the information? Thanks, Stefan > [1] http://www.rockdirect.com/support/search_more.php?id=356 [2] http://www.rockdirect.com/support/prod.php?product_id=356&size=min [3] http://www.rockdirect.com/support/prod.php?product_id=62&size=min [4] http://www.rockdirect.com/support/rock_req.htm
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