Re: rtl8180 pcmcia wlan card driver - seeking for help

Donald Becker wrote:

>You should _expect_ kernel crashes when using a binary driver like
>this.
>
After working with the developer of the driver I figured out how to 
compile the module in the right way. But I have still a problem. The 
cardmgr doesn't assign a I/O port to the card so the module isn't able 
to initate the card.

06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.: Unknown 
device 8180 (rev 20)
   Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 8180
   Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
   Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- 
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
   Latency: 64 (8000ns min, 16000ns max)
   Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 89
   Region 0: I/O ports at <unassigned> [disabled]
   Region 1: Memory at 60000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
   Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
       Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA 
PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
       Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-


kernel: ******** RTL8180 Wireless Lan Driver Version 1.1 <2003-05-22> loaded********
kernel: RTL8180: : region #0 not a PIO resource, aborting
kernel: RTL8180: wlan driver load failed
kernel: rtl8180: No devices found, RTL8180 Wireless Lan Driver Version 1.1 <2003-05-22> unregistered


Decided to use Intel-conf1
Scanning bus 00 for devices...
Scanning bus 01 for devices...
Scanning bus 02 for devices...
Scanning bus 06 for devices...
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8601 [Apollo ProMedia] (rev 05)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8601 [Apollo ProMedia AGP]
00:06.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 22)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 10)
00:07.4 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30)
00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 20)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade i1 (rev 6a)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 8180 (rev 20)

pcmcia modules source and cardservice version is 3.1.33. Kernel version is now 2.4.21 and gcc 3.2.3.

Christan