[wplug] Debian PCMCIA ethernet card config problem

Randy Allan Spark rspark at blackbox.com
Tue May 29 02:08:57 EDT 2001


Hi all, I hope someone can help me with this.  I have a ProStar laptop that I have Debian installed on and I'm trying to configure the ethernet card.  I'm totally new to network set-up and configuration and have been 
through the PCMCIA HowTo, but can't find where I'm going wrong.  In var/log/messages I get the output of:

 Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.22
   kernel build: 2.2.18pre21-compact unknown
   options:  [pci] [cardbus]
 ds: no socket drivers loaded!
 unloading PCMCIA Card Services
 Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.22
   kernel build: 2.2.18pre21-compact unknown
   options:  [pci] [cardbus]
 Intel PCIC probe: 
   Cirrus PD6729 rev 00 PCI-to-PCMCIA at slot 00:17, port 0x3000
     host opts [0]: [ring] [1/5/0] [1/20/0]
     host opts [1]: [ring] [1/5/0] [1/20/0]
     ISA irqs (default) = 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12 polling interval = 1000 ms
 cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: excluding 0xc00-0xc07 0xcb8-0xcbf 0xcf8-0xcff
 cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: excluding 0x8b8-0x8bf
 cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x220-0x227 0x278-0x27f 0x340-0x347 0x388-0x38f 0x3b0-0x3df 0x408-0x40f 0x480-0x48f 0x4b8-0x4bf 0x4d0-0x4d7
 cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: excluding 0xa78-0xa7f 0xaf8-0xaff
 cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: clean.
 pcnet_cs: sorry, the AX88190 chipset is not supported.
 pcnet_cs: unable to read hardware net address for io base 0x300

When I try to load the NE2000 compatible module, I need the I/O addressing and IRQ, but don't know what they are.  I was hoping that probing would tell me.


Pertinent areas of lsmod are:

Module                                      size                used        by
pcnet_cs                                  10492                0           (unused)
8390                                          6168                 0           [pcnet_cs]
ds                                               6376                2           [pcnet_cs]
i82365                                      22360                2
pcmcia_core                             44384               0           [pcnet_cs ds i82365]

When I do cardctl ident the output is:

Socket 0:
product info: "Linksys", "EtherFast 10/100 pc card (PCMPC100 V3)", "V2.0", "V"
manfid: 0x0149, 0xc1ab
function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
no product information available

Output of cardctl config is:

Socket 0:
Vcc 5.0V  Vpp1 0.0V  Vpp2 0.0V
Socket 1:
not configured 


Where can I find the IRQ and I/O assignment for the card socket and if I do get those and pass them when I load the module, will this allow the card to be used?

Thanks,

Randy




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