I don't know if this is the same problem I had, but with my thinkpad (a 240) CardBus cards don't work without a special kernel directive at boot time. You need to pass the parameter:
pci=assign-busses There's more info and links about it here: http://www.unc.edu/home/aperrin/tips/src/tp240.html I don't actually know that this is your problem, but the fact that it works with PCMCIA and not CardBus does suggest that. ap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, davis wrote: > System Summary: > > Debian Unstable Userland > pcmcia-cs 3.2.5-2 > hotplug 0.0.20031013-2 > > intel 2.4.22-pre2 kernel from BitKeeper tree (not-updated in a while) > Kernel Driver Options > 3c590/3c900 Vortex Boomerang Support > pcmcia ne2000 support > Support For PCI HotPlug (Experimental) > PCMCIA/CardBus Support > > IBM T20 Laptop > > Card #1 PCMCIA IBM Credit Card Adapater 10BaseT > Card #2 3Com Megahertz 10/100 Lan CardBus (3CCFE575CT) > Built-in Nic 3Com Hurricane CardBus (3C556B) > ---------------------------------------------- > > Hello > > I have a weird problem with a new card bus ethernet card in my laptop. When I > insert the new > card, it does not auto ifconfig the interface. However, if I insert my old IBM > 10BaseT card > it will autoconfig the interface. I can kludge an auto ifconfig by adding a stanza > in > /etc/networking/interfaces and it will ifconfig automatically when the system boots. > But if I subsquently remove the nic and reinsert it, it will not re-ifconfig. > > Here are other bits of info. The Vortex Boomerang driver help says it supports a > 3c575 card as well. I need this driver for my built-in 3c556b nic. (I'm trying > to run a two interface network laptop.) I am wondering if it is interfering with > my cardbus driver. > > In syslog, I get the following messages when I insert the cardbus card: > Feb 4 09:02:24 tadpole cardmgr[318]: socket 0: CardBus hotplug device > Feb 4 09:02:24 tadpole pci.agent[511]: ... no modules for PCI slot 02:00.0 > > in contrast to these messages when I insert the pcmcia card: > Feb 4 09:27:24 tadpole cardmgr[318]: socket 0: IBM Credit Card Ethernet > Feb 4 09:27:24 tadpole kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean. > Feb 4 09:27:24 tadpole kernel: eth1: NE2000 Compatible: io 0x300, irq 3, mem > 0xd1471000, auto xcvr, hw_addr 00:06:29:14:E7:07 > Feb 4 09:27:24 tadpole cardmgr[318]: executing: './network start eth1' > > > So, it looks like cardmgr doesn't know which driver to load for this adapter. This > is my > first cardbus card so this is new to me. Please advise. I don't think I need a new > kernel since I can autoconfig the interface by hand. I think it is a userland > problem. > > > -- > Happy Trails > > John F. Davis > ABC #6334 1992 R100GSPD Durham, North Carolina > http://www.skink.net > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
