Re: Problem recognizing card

David Hinds <[email protected]> Thu, 13 Mar 2003 23:38:34 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.linux.pcmcia.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 09:32:52AM +0530, Mayank Sharma wrote:

>     I am facing a small problem with recognizing a serial card. The 
> card is NTT DoCoMo P-in-Comp@act flash card. I added the manfid in the 
> config file, and it is able to recognize that it is a serial card. but 
> when i do cardctl status, i get the following message.
>        Socket 0:
>          3.3V 16-bit PC Card
>          function 0: [busy], [bat dead], [bat low]
>   I get the above message on my linux machine. 

So... I take it that this "linux machine" is not the one with the
problem?  The card works fine on this system?

> We have a custom board, 
> a clone of ipaq with pcmcia interface, and it has linux running on it 
> (from handhelds). On that board when  i insert the card, the system 
> hangs, and does not respond to any events. Only after removing the card 
> the board comes out of it's hang state. I am not sure what is happening. 

Are other compact flash cards working on this system?  Do you get any
useful information in your system log when the system wakes back up?

Since I have never used Linux on an ipaq or other ARM based system, I
may not be able to help much.

-- Dave


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