Bug 483789 - Kernel fails to insert PCMCIA cards
Summary: Kernel fails to insert PCMCIA cards
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 10
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-02-03 16:37 UTC by Chris A
Modified: 2009-02-04 18:23 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2009-02-04 18:23:40 UTC
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dmesg produced after inserting 3 different pcmcia (42.27 KB, text/plain)
2009-02-03 16:37 UTC, Chris A
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Description Chris A 2009-02-03 16:37:32 UTC
Created attachment 330748 [details]
dmesg produced after inserting 3 different pcmcia

Description of problem:

I am trying to configure a newly installed Fedora 10 on a Dell 630C laptop, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with 4 GB of RAM. 
Problem occurs when inserting a new peripheral in PCMCIA slot. The kernel seems to see properly the card, but fails to load driver for any pcmcia I'm trying to plug in. 
I did also try to boot in single mode, but it also fails. I guess that the problem could be coming from Fedora 10 kernel (but not sure), as inserting cards works perfectly on other distribution (debian,backtrack,...). 

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

I have tried this operation on kernel :
- 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686.PAE
- 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686
- 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686.PAE
- 2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686.PAE

How reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. insert pcmcia card
2. watch dmesg
  
Actual results: depends on what card are inserted: cards are seen, but fail to load. Several pcmcia cards were tried and produced dmesg sent in attachment.
Those cards are:
- 3Com PCI 3CCFE575CT Tornado CardBus
- Atheros AR5213A chip device 
- QualComm 3G CDMA CardBus card


Additional info:
(see dmesg in attachment)

Comment 1 Chuck Ebbert 2009-02-04 02:58:12 UTC
The drivers are all loading just fine:

pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
PCI: 0000:04:00.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [0, ffff]
AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413, RF2133)
ath_pci 0000:04:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
ath_pci 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
MadWifi: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware revision not supported' (HAL status 13)
ath_pci 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
pccard: card ejected from slot 0

The driver loaded, reported that it doesn't support that revision of the card, and unloaded. (And we don't provide or support that driver.)


The nozomi driver for the Qualcomm card loads and reports everything is fine.


The 3Com network driver loads and reports that the Ethernet address on the card is invalid. The card may be broken or some other bug might be present but the PCMCIA system is loading the driver correctly.


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