Re: [leaf-wisp] ath0 PCMCIA card not recognised?

Thanks Steve. I'll explore these avenues as well - thanks for the 
specific info!  (Not sure how I modify the lilo.conf or where to put the 
pci=biosirq but I'll dig it out I'm sure - I'm not that familiar with 
how LEAF is put together).

In other digging I found that PCIC=yenta_socket is preferred for Soekris 
boards and/or enabling  the isa-pnp module. E.g. see:

http://www.freenetworks.org/pipermail/pebble-linux/2003-December/000507.html

I'm guessing this is some cardbus vs pcmcia interaction that the Atheros 
drivers care about.

I did try a Senao 2511CD EXT2 PCMCIA card I had and it was recognised 
ok. And then I tried a miniPCI based Atheros card and it worked fine 
too.  I conclude that the general PCMCIA support and Atheros drivers are 
working fine. Just need to work out how to get the Atheros drivers to 
see an Atheros PCMCIA card....  (or give up and use the miniPCI card I 
have instead of the PCMCIA card I'd rather use).

I'll post the results here when I work it out!

cheers, michael

Steve Wright wrote:
> looks like there are two problems ;
> 
> follow its instructions regarding "pci=biosirq"
> 
> the next problem is "ath_pci: cannot reserve PCI memory region"
> you need to reserve some memory for this card.  add
> 'append="reserve=0xd3405fff,0x2000" ' to lilo.conf
> 
> Please note, the above location WILL be incorrect.  Read the error
> carefully and you will see the correct address to use.
> 
> 
> best of luck!
> Steve
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 18:31, Michael Mee wrote: 
> 
>>I'm having trouble getting a PCMCIA card recognised as an Atheros card. 
>>  I'm using the image file wisp-dist_1.3.1p33_img.bin in a Soekris 4511.
>>
>>The results of cardctl ident are:
>>
>>Socket 0:
>>   product info: "Proxim, Corp.", "802.11a Wireless CardBus Adapter.", 
>>"CIS REV 1
>>.2", "Copyright 2002"
>>   manfid: 0x0126, 0x0007
>>   function: 6 (network)
>>   PCI id: 0x168c, 0x0007
>>
>>If I do a 'modprobe ath_pci', I get:
>>
>>insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.25: No such file or directory
>>PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device . Please try using 
>>pci=biosirq.
>>Using /modules/aath_pci: cache line size not set; forcing 4
>>th_pci.o
>>ath_pci: cannot reserve PCI memory region
>>ath_pci: No devices found, driver not installed.
>>insmod: init_module: ath_pci: No such device
>>
>>I get the same results with a different (newer) 802.11a PCMCIA card 
>>(though a different cartctl output).
>>
>>Any clues please?
>>
>>thx, michael
>>
>>
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