PCMCIA problem

maco22 · 02-25-2005, 04:38 PM

Hi all I have some very interesting problems with PCMCIA on IBM X21

I have CISCO PCMCIA 350 802.11b wireless card

it is reported to be working in 2.6 kernel - it has modules named airo and airo_cs. I am unable to use this modules, but not because they cannot detect the card, but because pcmcia is responding this way:

(after insetring the card (kernel 2.6)):

cs: pcmcia_socket0: parse_events: events 00000080
cs: pcmcia_socket0: parse_events: events 00000080
cs: pcmcia_socket0: insert
cs: pcmcia_socket0: setup
cs: pcmcia_socket0: reset
cs: pcmcia_socket0: time out after reset.
cs: pcmcia_socket0: shutdown
cs: pcmcia_socket0: remove_drivers
cs: pcmcia_socket0: send_event(event 8, pri 1)
cs: pcmcia_socket0: shutdown_socket
cs: pcmcia_socket0: insert
cs: pcmcia_socket0: setup
cs: pcmcia_socket0: reset
cs: pcmcia_socket0: time out after reset.
cs: pcmcia_socket0: shutdown
cs: pcmcia_socket0: remove_drivers
cs: pcmcia_socket0: send_event(event 8, pri 1)
cs: pcmcia_socket0: shutdown_socket

that's all it does....i have to mention that PRISM 2 (orinoco) pc card works wihout any problems and cisco card WORKS in windows xp on the same machine (so unusable for me).

i'm using yenta driver for pcmcia chipset:

(lspci does not change after inserting the card::

WarPad:~# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
0000:00:08.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 80)
0000:00:08.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 80)
0000:00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 0c)
0000:00:0a.1 Serial controller: Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem (rev 01)
0000:00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic Crystal CS4281 PCI Audio (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)

and cardctl:

with card inside:
WarPad:~# cardctl status
Socket 0:
no card
Socket 1:
no card
WarPad:~# 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

without card:
WarPad:~# cardctl status
Socket 0:
no card
Socket 1:
no card
WarPad:~# 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

so it doesn't actually change -

DO YOU PLEASE PLEASE have any idea how to solve this problem?

i am really not very used to search for help in forums, but this is really a very weird and interesting problem

thanks everybody for help

who solves this is a real guru

i guess it is a serious problem in pcmcia cdrivers in linux but I may be absolutely wrong

fenwick1 · 05-23-2006, 12:40 PM

I am new at this also but there are a few things that I pickup that might help.

Do a lsmod to see if the airo_cs driver is loaded. If it is not load the driver with a modprobe airco_cs. Once the driver is loaded you should be able to eject the card and reinsert. Perform a ccardctl info and information about the should show up. If the card still does not show in iwconfig or ifconfig do a network restart /etc/init.d/network restart. It should work after that, I am not to sure if Linux will remeber your settings after reboot or not. Let me know if this works.