
Table of Contents
Linux PCMCIA HOWTO..................................................................................................................................1
David Hinds,
[email protected].
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1.General information and hardware requirements.................................................................................1
2.Compilation and installation.................................................................................................................1
3.Resolving installation and configuration problems..............................................................................1
4.Usage and features................................................................................................................................2
5.Advanced topics....................................................................................................................................2
6.Dealing with unsupported cards............................................................................................................2
7.Debugging tips and programming information.....................................................................................2
1. General information and hardware requirements................................................................................3
1.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................3
1.2 Copyright notice and disclaimer........................................................................................................3
1.3 What is the latest version, and where can I get it?.............................................................................3
1.4 What systems are supported?.............................................................................................................4
1.5 What cards are supported?.................................................................................................................5
1.6 When will my favorite (unsupported) card become supported?........................................................5
1.7 Mailing lists and other information sources.......................................................................................5
1.8 Why don't you distribute binaries?....................................................................................................6
1.9 Why is the package so darned big?....................................................................................................6
2. Compilation and installation................................................................................................................6
2.1 Prerequisites and kernel setup............................................................................................................6
2.2 Installation.........................................................................................................................................8
2.3 Startup options...................................................................................................................................9
2.4 System resource settings..................................................................................................................11
2.5 Notes about specific Linux distributions.........................................................................................12
Debian.......................................................................................................................................12
Red Hat, Caldera, Mandrake.....................................................................................................12
Slackware..................................................................................................................................13
SuSE..........................................................................................................................................13
3. Resolving installation and configuration problems...........................................................................13
3.1 Base PCMCIA kernel modules do not load.....................................................................................14
3.2 Some client driver modules do not load..........................................................................................14
3.3 Interrupt scan failures......................................................................................................................15
3.4 IO port scan failures.........................................................................................................................16
3.5 Memory probe failures.....................................................................................................................17
3.6 Failure to detect card insertions and removals.................................................................................18
3.7 System resource starvation..............................................................................................................18
3.8 Resource conflict only with two cards inserted...............................................................................19
3.9 Device configuration does not complete..........................................................................................19
4. Usage and features.............................................................................................................................20
4.1 Tools for configuring and monitoring PCMCIA devices................................................................20
The cardmgr configuration daemon..........................................................................................20
The socket status file, stab........................................................................................................21
The cardctl and cardinfo utilities..............................................................................................21
Inserting and ejecting cards......................................................................................................22
Card Services and Advanced Power Management...................................................................22
Shutting down the PCMCIA system.........................................................................................23
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