Linux -Sony Laptap Vaio (PCG-GRZ630) with FireWire(1394) and wireless 802.11g
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Linux -Sony Laptap Vaio (PCG-GRZ630) with FireWire(1394) and wireless 802.11g
Hi To all:
I am John Tobias, new in this mailing list and I am using vaio laptop and asking for help regarding with that laptap.
I am just wondering if there's anyone successfully integrated the firewire(1394) in RH9.0 2.4.x kernel?
Can you give me some information please.
Also, I am using wireless card in my PCMCIA (Belkin 802.11g or the BroadCom). The RH9.0 detected the card because when I execute the "xcardinfo" detects the information of the cardbus.
also, when I ejected or inserted the card the system beep notifying the card is detected. So, I would like to know what other software/issue should I do in order my wireless internet work and my firewire port.
Firewire works well in the kernel, has for ages... Sony Looooooves to put proprietary and goopy chipsets in the Viao, that don't work with the kernel. What's the output of /sbin/lspci?
The Broadcom pcmcia card is a loss, Broadcom refused to release any chipset info, so... no one can code a driver. As far as I know... all Belkin 802.11g products are just more Broadcom kit, but you have two cards... er, what's the output of:
Socket 0:
product info: "Broadcom", "802.11g CardBus", "4.5"
manfid: 0x02d0, 0x0417
function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
no product info available
then in my "Syslog"
PCI: Using IRQ router PIIX [8086/248c] at 00:1f.0
Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI ISAPNP enabled
PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin B of device 00:1f.6. Please try using pci=biosirq.
PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:1d.0
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x1800, IRQ 9
PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:1d.1
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x1820, IRQ 9
PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin C of device 00:1d.2. Please try using pci=biosirq.
usb-uhci.c: found UHCI device with no IRQ assigned. check BIOS settings!
PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin C of device 02:05.2. Please try using pci=biosirq.
I got 3 addresses with no IRQ, I tried to append pci=biosirq in the kernel but still doesn't work.
The IRQ issues are acpi, the Viao seems to be an acpi only machine... Viaos and Toshibas just seem to have gotten fully supported acpi around 2.4.22, it might take a recompile, and definately fire up acpid.
The g card, what can I say... its Broadcom, same annoying card that a bunch of people are stuck with. Maybe there will be support for it one day, but from how Broadcom is behaving, I largely doubt it.
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