Linksys PCMLM56 EtherFast 10/100 + 56K Modem card detection problem

vees · 05-12-2006, 07:21 PM

Hi,

Since my Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop's winmodem does not work with my distro (Kanotix, a Debian derivative) I am trying to use a Linksys PCMLM56 EtherFast 10/100 + 56K Modem PC Card. While the card seems to be detected correctly, it does not work.

Here is the output from the following command: (sorry for the lengthy posting)

dmesg| grep pcmcia && lsmod && cardctl ident && lspci -vv

pcmcia: parent PCI bridge I/O window: 0xe000 - 0xffff
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xf4000000 - 0xfbffffff
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0x50000000 - 0x54ffffff
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge I/O window: 0xe000 - 0xffff
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xf4000000 - 0xfbffffff
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0x50000000 - 0x54ffffff
pcmcia: Detected deprecated PCMCIA ioctl usage.
pcmcia: This interface will soon be removed from the kernel; please expect breakage unless you upgrade to new tools.
pcmcia: see http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/util...ia/pcmcia.html for details.
Module Size Used by
lp 9672 0
video 14212 0
thermal 10888 0
processor 18748 1 thermal
fan 3460 0
container 3328 0
button 5008 0
battery 7684 0
ac 3460 0
serial_cs 17160 1
pcnet_cs 35508 1
8390 8576 1 pcnet_cs
pcmcia 31268 6 serial_cs,pcnet_cs
fuse 30220 0
capability 3208 0
commoncap 5248 1 capability
speedstep_ich 3852 0
speedstep_lib 3460 1 speedstep_ich
freq_table 3716 1 speedstep_ich
eth1394 17416 0
ohci1394 30772 0
ieee1394 284600 2 eth1394,ohci1394
yenta_socket 22924 7
rsrc_nonstatic 10880 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 34448 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
3c59x 38568 0
usb_storage 78784 0
mii 4352 1 3c59x
tpm_infineon 7568 0
tpm_nsc 5504 0
tpm_atmel 4736 0
snd_intel8x0m 14092 5
tpm 7712 3 tpm_infineon,tpm_nsc,tpm_atmel
8250_pci 17408 0
8250_pnp 8320 0
8250 17828 3 serial_cs,8250_pci,8250_pnp
snd_intel8x0 28188 0
serial_core 17536 1 8250
snd_ac97_codec 86048 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 1920 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 47264 0
snd_mixer_oss 15488 1 snd_pcm_oss
uhci_hcd 29712 0
usbcore 102912 3 usb_storage,uhci_hcd
snd_pcm 76808 6 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 20740 1 snd_pcm
snd 45156 15 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
pci_hotplug 24372 0
parport_pc 35908 1
parport 30536 2 lp,parport_pc
soundcore 7392 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 8072 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
intel_agp 19100 1
agpgart 27592 1 intel_agp
pcspkr 3424 0
psmouse 33028 0
serio_raw 5508 0
evdev 7296 1
Socket 0:
no product info available
Socket 1:
product info: "Linksys", "EtherFast 10&100 + 56K PC Card (PCMLM56)"
manfid: 0x0143, 0xc0ab
function: 0 (multifunction)
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Region 0: Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: fc000000-fdffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-e7ffffff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA+ VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Latitude C640
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 4: I/O ports at bf80 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 4541
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 11
Region 4: I/O ports at bf20 [size=32]

0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=10, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000ffff
Memory behind bridge: f4000000-fbffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 50000000-54ffffff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0

0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Latitude C640
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: I/O ports at <ignored>
Region 1: I/O ports at <ignored>
Region 2: I/O ports at <ignored>
Region 3: I/O ports at <ignored>
Region 4: I/O ports at bfa0 [size=16]
Region 5: Memory at 55000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Cirrus Logic Crystal WMD Audio Codec
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
Region 1: I/O ports at dc80 [size=64]

0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
Subsystem: Conexant MD56ORD V.92 MDC Modem
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: I/O ports at d400 [size=256]
Region 1: I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 00d4
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop+ ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (1250ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Region 1: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Region 2: Memory at dff80000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=512K]
Expansion ROM at d8000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 00d4
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (2500ns min, 2500ns max), Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: I/O ports at ec80 [size=128]
Region 1: Memory at f8fffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Expansion ROM at 54000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 00d4
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 168, Cache Line Size: 0x20 (128 bytes)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 50000000-51fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: f4000000-f5fff000
I/O window 0: 0000e000-0000e0ff
I/O window 1: 0000e400-0000e4ff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset+ 16bInt+ PostWrite+
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

0000:02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 00d4
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 168, Cache Line Size: 0x20 (128 bytes)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at f8001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=02, secondary=07, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 52000000-53fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: f6000000-f7fff000
I/O window 0: 0000e800-0000e8ff
I/O window 1: 00001000-000010ff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset+ 16bInt+ PostWrite+
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

0000:02:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4451 IEEE-1394 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 00d4
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (500ns min, 1000ns max), Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at f8fff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Region 1: Memory at f8ff8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

Do you have any ideas who I could get this card to work?

Thanks,

VS

PS: am I correc in assuming that my laptop also has a built-in wireless card? Is this what the FireWire detections shows?

rodh · 11-19-2006, 05:54 PM

Hello VS.

I'm curious if you ever got your PCMLM56 to work. I have an old laptop (Dell Inspiron 8100) in which I use a PCMLM56 with Fedora Core 3. It worked fine when I initially updated to FC4 but quit working when the switch from pcmcia_cs to pcmciautils was made and hasn't worked since with FC4, FC5 or FC6. The problem seems to be pcmciautils related as it still works fine with FC3.

I'd like to update the laptop to FC6 but the failure of the PCMLM56 to work is a show stopper. Oh I could buy another PCMCIA NIC I guess but I see no reason why the Linksys PCMLM56 shouldn't work and it is a perfectly fine NIC. So, if you are anyone else has figured out how to make it work with pcmciautils, I'd surely like to hear how.