Re: 3Com 3CXM756 Card not working with Suse 8.1

hi David
I sent the response to your question regarding dump_cis yesterday, I donot 
know if you received it or not as I did not do a Reply All. Sorry about it. 
Here is the output of the dump_cis command
regards
Ajit

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Socket 0:
  dev_info
    NULL 0ns, 512b
  vers_1 5.0, "3Com Megahertz", "3CXM756/3CCM756"
  manfid 0x0101, 0x003f
  funcid serial_port [post]
  config base 0x0300 mask 0x0017 last_index 0x23
  cftable_entry 0x20 [default]
    [rdybsy] [audio] [pwrdown]
    Vcc Vnom 5V Istatic 350mA Idown 35mA
    io 0x03f8-0x03ff [lines=10] [8bit] [range]
    irq mask 0xffff [level]
  cftable_entry 0x21
    io 0x02f8-0x02ff [lines=10] [8bit] [range]
  cftable_entry 0x22
    io 0x03e8-0x03ef [lines=10] [8bit] [range]
  cftable_entry 0x23
    io 0x02e8-0x02ef [lines=10] [8bit] [range]
  serial_interface
    uart 16550 [space/mark/odd/even] [7/8] [1/1.5/2]
  serial_modem_cap
    flow [XON/XOFF xmit] [XON/XOFF rcv] [hw xmit] [hw rcv] [transparent]
    cmd_buf 64 rcv_buf 1536 xmit_buf 1536
  serial_data_services
    data_rate 115200
    modulation [Bell103] [V.21] [V.23] [V.22] [Bell212A]
      [V.22bis] [V.32] [V.32bis] [V.34]
    error_control [MNP2-4] [V.42/LAPM]
    compression [V.42bis] [MNP5]
    cmd_protocol [AT1] [AT2] [AT3] [MNP_AT]
  serial_fax_services [class=1]
    data_rate 115200
    modulation [V.21-C2] [V.27ter] [V.29] [V.17]
    features [T.4]
  serial_fax_services [class=2]
    data_rate 115200
    modulation [V.21-C2] [V.27ter] [V.29] [V.17]
    features [T.4]

Socket 1:
  no CIS present

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>From: David Hinds <[email protected]>
>To: Ajit Belsarkar <[email protected]>
>CC: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Pcmcia-cs-devel]3Com 3CXM756 Card not working with Suse 8.1
>Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:17:22 -0800
>
>On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 03:39:54PM -0500, Ajit Belsarkar wrote:
>
> > I bought a 3CXM756 card and am trying to make it work with my SuSe Linux 
>HP
> > Pavillion N5445 Laptop. I could get it to work on Windows XP, so I know 
>the
> > hardware is good.I did not find the card in the HOWTO list. But 
>apparently
> > it is supported. I edited the config file to add this Modem with a bind 
>for
> > serial port driver.
>
>Please show exactly what you added to the config file.
>
> > Whenever I insert the card and boot the machine, I get two beeps one 
>High
> > and a low indicating that it does not like something.
> >
> > Here is what all the things I tried.
> > 1. Edit the /etc/pcmcia/config.opts for "include ports 0x100-0x3FF" (I 
>got
> > this file from 3Com website + additions from other people'e experiences)
> >
> > exclude irq 4 port 0x3F8-0x3F8
> > exclude irq 3 port 0x2e8-0x2e8
> > exclude irq 3 port 0x3e8-0x3e8
> >
> > When I do the setserial /dev/ttyS1
> > I get
> > UART 16550, Irq 3
>
>/dev/ttyS1 is (apparently) a built-in serial port, it is not your
>PCMCIA card, and it is not a modem.
>
> > I tried to see the system log, in /var/log/messages, and I got the
> > error that irq 3 "autoconf failed" "get dev info failed" resource
> > temporarily unavailable
>
>Please show actual messages and not a synopsis of what they were.
>
>Until the "autoconf failed" problem is fixed, there is no point in
>testing a serial port, because no serial port was assigned to the
>card.
>
> > I have a suspicion that it is a resource clash, but I am just not able 
>to
> > find it and get rid of it. How do you guys test a modem whether it is
> > working or not? Do you use wvdial?
>
>The PCMCIA-HOWTO has specific instructions.
>
>A stupid question: you bought the modem new, from a store, right?
>
>-- Dave

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