Bug 112351 - Ark Sky Link Express PA2600 commented out in /etc/pcmcia/config
Summary: Ark Sky Link Express PA2600 commented out in /etc/pcmcia/config
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Status: CLOSED DEFERRED
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: hwdata
Version: 3
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-12-18 07:09 UTC by flame
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:40 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2005-09-30 20:58:21 UTC
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Description flame 2003-12-18 07:09:14 UTC
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Description of problem:
In the file '/etc/pcmcia/config' the following section is commented out,

#card "Ark Sky Link Express PA2600"
#  manfid 0xffff, 0x1090
#  bind "pcnet_cs"

This causes my pcmcia network card not to be detected.

This was working in RedHat 7.3 , but was commented out in RedHat 8.0
and is still commented out in Fedora core 1

RedHat 7.3 , RedHat 8.0 & Fedora core 1 have the same version & date
details in the file
# config 1.154 2001/01/05 00:03:17 (David Hinds)

If I uncomment this section I can get my network card to work.

It seems that between RedHat 7.3 & RedHat 8.0 someone has commented
out this section. If have searched the internet but can not find an
explanation as to why it was commented out.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:

    

Additional info:

Comment 1 Pete Zaitcev 2005-05-13 23:39:06 UTC
Bill, sorry to bounce this over without asking, but this is something
that happened way before my time, maybe you can remember? %changelog in
hwdata is no help, unfortunately.


Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2005-05-16 17:03:00 UTC
No, it was that way in the first import from pcmcia-cs.

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2005-05-16 17:16:05 UTC
Looking at the package from that era, it was commented out in the upstream tarball.

Comment 4 Pete Zaitcev 2005-05-16 23:05:54 UTC
Requestor, I need two pieces of information, please:

1. Run with only "manfid" commented, like so:

card "Ark Sky Link Express PA2600"
  #manfid 0xffff, 0x1090
  bind "pcnet_cs"

Let us know if it works.

2. Run "cat /var/lib/pcmcia/stab" and attach the results.

I think we ought to add the descriptor back, it seems lost.
However, it may be desirable to do same as for other Sky Link.


Comment 5 Bill Nottingham 2005-09-30 20:58:21 UTC
Closing, no response.

Note that, in the current development tree, this file no longer exists. All
matching is done based on the driver's own ID tables.


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