Re: PCMCIA under linux-2.5.74

Timothy Murphy <tim@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> wrote in news:57CNa.21545
$pK2.32672@news.indigo.ie:

> I just compiled linux-2.5.74 on my Sony PictureBook (C1VFK),
> and everything works except that my PCMCIA cards
> are no longer found.
> I get the following message:
> ================================================== ====
> Jul 5 15:23:21 birdsnest kernel: Yenta IRQ list 04b8, PCI irq9
> Jul 5 15:23:21 birdsnest kernel: Socket status: 30000419
> Jul 5 15:24:17 birdsnest kernel: cs: unable to map card memory!
> ================================================== ====
>
> Does anyone know what the last line means,
> and how to solve the problem?

The problem is solved simply - downgrade to the previous kernel you used.
There seems to be bug in pcmcia code in the Linux Kernel 2.5.74.

And fyi, even kernels 2.2, 2.4 etc. are stable, odd 2.3 2.5 etc. are
development.


P.Krumins