I'm trying to put some old hardware to use as a wireless network gateway,
my immediate problem is getting the ISA->pcmcia adapter working.
There's a large chip that reads VT83C469 on it.
I've had a bit of a go and it's just not finding the controller as you'll
see if you read the log extract below.
Anyway, the specs of the PC are:-
"Compaq Prolinea 4/100" which is a 486-DX-100 with 16MB of RAM, 500MB HDD,
the RAM is proprietary so can't upgrade it.
It's running RedHat 7.0 currently with 2.2.24 kernel. If the answer is use
a more recent kernel I'll have to grab a different machine.
-- /etc/isapnp.conf extract --
# Card 1: (serial identifier 21 05 00 00 00 18 30 21 59)
# Vendor Id VIA3018, Serial Number 83886080, checksum 0x21.
# Version 1.0, Vendor version 0.0
# ANSI string -->VIA PCMCIA CARD<--
#
# Logical device id PNP0e00
# Device supports I/O range check register
#
# Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration required.
# Note that only the first value of any range is given, this may be
changed if required
# Don't forget to uncomment the activate (ACT Y) when happy
(CONFIGURE VIA3018/83886080 (LD 0
# Compatible device id PNP0e00
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x03e0
# Maximum IO base address 0x03e3
# IO base alignment 2 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 2
# (IO 0 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x03e0) (CHECK))
(NAME "VIA3018/83886080[0]{VIA PCMCIA CARD }")
(ACT Y)
))
# End tag... Checksum 0x00 (OK)
-- /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia (hand edited) --
PCMCIA=yes
PCIC=i82365
# PCIC=i82365 or tcic the former being most common
PCIC_OPTS=
CORE_OPTS=
-- result of /etc/init.d/pcmcia start --
[EMAIL PROTECTED] kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.24]# /etc/init.d/pcmcia start
Starting PCMCIA services:
modules/lib/modules/2.2.24-7.0.3/pcmcia/i82365.o: init_module: Device or
resource busy
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.2.24-7.0.3/pcmcia/ds.o: init_module: Device or resource
busy
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
cardmgr.
-- extract of /var/log/messages --
May 31 19:58:06 beetle kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.24
May 31 19:58:06 beetle kernel: kernel build: 2.2.24-7.0.3 #1 Fri Mar 14
08:36:22 EST 2003
May 31 19:58:06 beetle kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
May 31 19:58:06 beetle kernel: Intel PCIC probe: not found.
May 31 19:58:06 beetle kernel: ds: no socket drivers loaded!
May 31 19:58:06 beetle cardmgr[741]: starting, version is 3.1.24
May 31 19:58:06 beetle cardmgr[741]: no pcmcia driver in /proc/devices
May 31 19:58:06 beetle cardmgr[741]: exiting
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