[SLE] Intermittent unability to start PCMCIA at boot

From: Jan Elders (jrme_at_xs4all.nl)
Date: 08/05/03

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Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 23:01:16 +0200

    Hello,
    During boot of my SuSE 8.2 on a laptop it is sometimes not possible to start
    my PCMCIA wireless card.
    In /var/log/messages I see :
    -----------------
    cardmgr[1124]: socket 0: SITECOM WL-011 Wireless Network PC Card
    cardmgr[1124]: executing: 'insmod -v
    /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/pcmf502r.o'
    cardmgr[1124]: + Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/pcmf502r.o
    cardmgr[1124]: + Symbol version prefix ''
    kernel: pcmf502r: RequestIRQ: Resource in use
    ----------------
    I wonder "in use" by what ?

    When I subsequently do a reboot then sometimes the same thing happens again,
    and some other time all works well the second boot.
    If it works, I see in in /var/log/messages :
    -----------------
    cardmgr[1124]: socket 0: SITECOM WL-011 Wireless Network PC Card
    cardmgr[1124]: executing: 'insmod -v
    /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/pcmf502r.o'
    cardmgr[1124]: + Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/pcmf502r.o
    cardmgr[1124]: + Symbol version prefix ''
    cardmgr[1124]: executing: './network start eth1'
    /etc/hotplug/net.agent[1135]: Interface eth1 is handled by service PCMCIA
    ... exiting
    -----------------

    If it didn't work the second time, then the third reboot ALWAYS goes well !
    So apparently after two or three times the IRQ blocking resource has
    evaporated.
    Please note, that many times the first boot is OK right away.

    Any ideas what is happening here and how to prevent this ?
    TIA and greetings, 

    -- 
Jan Elders
Nuenen
the Netherlands
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