Hello Everyone,
I am trying to bring up a linux system on an Advantech 5820 SBC. The root filesystem is loosely based on Fedora Core 5, trimmed down to fit on a 512M Compact Flash. It boots and comes up clean in run level 3. Networking is fine through the onboard ethernet connection ( Realtek 8139 ). So much for the background.

I am now trying to get wireless working. I purchased a PC/104 PCMCIA adapter ( PCM-3110 ) from advantech. The wireless card is a Linksys WPC11 ver 3.0.

I found that the PC/104 module runs a i82365 compatable chip. modprobe i82365 yields the following in dmesg:

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intel isa pcic probe
vadem vg-468 isa-to-pcmcia at port 0x3e0 ofs 0x00 2 sockets

host options [0] : none
host options [1] : none

isa irqs (scanned ): 3,4,7,9,10,14
status change on irq 14

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Shortly thereafter I get :

pcmcia_socket0: timeout after reset

pccardctl info gives :

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

Also, if I remove the WPC11 card and replace it with a
PCMCIA CF adapter, pccardctl info gives the same output. I would think that at this point pccardctl should recognize something is plugged regardless of whether the correct driver ( orinoco_cs ) is up and running.

Any thoughts on what other than the i82365 module is required to get PCMCIA up and running ?

Thanks in advance for your help

I looked at this thread earlier today when I was trying to find the answer to a similar problem of mine. Since it is version 3 of the WPC11 which uses the prism2 chipset, you can use the linux-wlan-ng package to configure the card. I installed the linux-wlan-ng package, rebooted the computer (because of the kernel module) and it automatically started the eth1 interface with wireless extension.

http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-wlan

Good Luck,
~Justin