ok. did some reading on the pcmcia-howto docs and then just said scr*w
it and proceeded to act on my Theory, "When in doubt, hit all of the
keys."
Did some searching on google and found the following failsafe settings
for the /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia (config file):
PCMCIA=yes
PCIC=yenta_socket
#PCIC_OPTS="irq_list=5,9,10"
#PCIC_OPTS="pci_irq_list=10,10 do_scan=0"
PCIC_OPTS="pci_irq_list=11,11 do_scan=0"
CORE_OPTS="probe_io=0"
CARDMGR_OPTS="-f "
First, i did a cardctl config to check the irq's used by the sockets
after a successful boot. They appeared to be happily set to irq 11 per
my system, but I tested irq 10 and they also appear happy on that too.
I believe that setting CORE_OPTS="probe io=0" turns-off probing of
input/output.
I've performed several cold boots and I no longer see any boot hangs
after the pcmcia/cardmgr services are started.
So, dunno which option did the trick to avoid bootup hang/freezes with
this card. One of the above four added options did the trick tho.
Although, I still get the following hang on shutdown:
{HIGH TONE BEEP HERE}
usb.c: USB disconnect on device
usb-ohci.c: bogus NDP=255 for OHCI usb - 09:00.1
(the above two statements are repeated ~4x's)
usb-ohci.c: USB HC Takeover failed!
usb.c: USB bus 3 deregistered
usb.c: USB disconnect on device
usb-ohci.c: USB HDC TakeOver failed!
usb.c: USB bus 4 deregistered
hcd.c: remove: 09:00.2, state 3
usb.c: USB disconnect on device
{TOTAL SYSTEM HANG HERE!}
at this point kernel hacking keys no longer works. although, I'm
thinking about making a custom "quick" shutdown script to bypass
turning-off all services since i'm on a stand-alone system. I've just
been using the kernel hacking keys to sync/umount all drives/off or
reboot.
On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 21:54, Roger wrote:
> I need to add that on warm reboots (without a complete power-off), the
> boot process does not hang (but shutdowns still hang).
>
> I've described a work-around for this problem on the linux-usb.org
> devices database (see url mentioned below).
>
> On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 21:49, Roger wrote:
> > Mandrake 8.2 (linux-2.4.18-6mdk, pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-5mdk)
> >
> > Adaptec USB2connect (aua-1420) (cardbus)
> >
> > Dell Inspiron 8100 Laptop (Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus
> > Controller)
> >
> > When trying to boot from a cold start, the boot process hangs/freezes
> > after pcmcia/cardbus services is initialized. (can't even use kernel
> > hacking keys to escape).
> >
> > I get the same scenario when shutting down the system.
> >
> > The only way to successfully enable this card is to only plug-in the
> > card after the system has booted and use the kernel hacking keys to
> > turn-off the system.
> >
> > This scenario also logged at:
> > http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=1185
> >
> > Also, i tried using the latest pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-7mdk failes to even load
> > the pcmcia_core/ds modules.
> >
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