Re: 32-bit pcmcia in an old laptop?

From: Greg Madden (gomadtroll_at_gci.net)
Date: 11/05/04

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Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:52:04 -0800

    On Thursday 04 November 2004 07:47 pm, Jacob S wrote:
    > Hello List,
    >
    > I've got an old Toshiba Tecra 720CDT (133Mhz w/96MB ram). I just
    > bought a Netgear WG511 802.11g wireless card to put in it. The pcmcia
    > card is (obviously) a 32bit card. Up to this point I've only used
    > 16bit cards in the laptop.
    >
    > The problem is the card is not being recognized at all by Linux. I
    > upgraded the kernel to 2.6.8 (it had been running an old 2.2 kernel),
    > and installed hotplug and discover (didn't think they would really do
    > anything, but it made it easier to get the drivers installed for
    > other things like the sound card). When I insert the card, neither of
    > the leds on the card turn on, I don't get any of the usual beeps from
    > the computer, etc. Cardctl reports both sockets as being empty. The
    > pcmcia controller is an old generic i82365 chipset.
    >
    > So, my question. I'm guessing this is a compatability issue; the old
    > laptop can use 16bit cards but not 32bit and that the card shouldn't
    > be this dead even if it were somehow defective when I got it. Can
    > someone with more pcmcia experience confirm this, or give me any tips
    > to do more troubleshooting?

    Iam sure the Tecra has a 32 bit cardbus slot. Can't help on the pcmcia
    stuff though. 

    -- 
Greg C. Madden
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