On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 at 1:06pm, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: :Quoting Patrick Wiseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: :> I've been messing around with my kernel, and compiled without ISA support, :> since I'm on a PCI machine. On rebooting, PCMCIA gave a ResourceIRQ :> conflict. When I recompiled the kernel with ISA support, PCMCIA :> recognised my card as always. :> :> It turns out my "discovery" is mentioned in the HOWTO, which says: :> :> "In some cases, kernel misconfiguration can also produce an apparent :> interrupt shortage. On later 2.4 and 2.5 kernels, if CONFIG_ISA is not :> enabled, then the PCMCIA drivers will assume no ISA bus interrupts are :> available." :> :> :> Seems to me that the "misconfiguration" is in the PCMCIA drivers' :> "assumption" that no interrupts are available, but so long as it's working :> again. :> :> Patrick :> : :Depends on how the bridge to PCMCIA is implemented. On my laptop :(no apparent ISA bus), PCMCIA is implemented with a Intel i82365 :ISA-to-PCMCIA bridge. Check /var/log/kern.log for similar message on :boot.
CardBus here and the i82365 option is _not_ compiled into the kernel. But I don't really understand how these things work so maybe there's a reason to need CONFIG_ISA. Patrick -- Patrick Wiseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux user #17943 *Google First, Ask Later* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]