From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: pcmcia irq trouble Date: 24 Mar 2004 02:21:12 -0500 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <1080112871.18504.74.camel@dhcppc4> References: <200403232235.46589.justin-psi@affinix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200403232235.46589.justin-psi-A4HSxAr4s6pBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Justin Karneges Cc: ACPI Developers List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Justin, probably good to file a bug and work with David Shaohua Li on this one. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=ACPI component: Config-Hotplug Please include the output from lspci -v, /proc/interrupts, and dmesg -s40000 thanks, -Len On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 01:35, Justin Karneges wrote: > Thank you, Matthew and Len, for answering my general questions about > acpi-devel. > > Now, I've discovered a problem, and this may or may not be related to ACPI, > but I think it is. If not, I'll be happy to redirect this message to the > appropriate target. > > I'm using the Sony VAIO PCG-VX88 laptop. Without ACPI, almost none of the > major peripherals function except for the external PCMCIA slot. The VX88 has > an embedded wi-fi which is detected as a secondary PCMCIA slot, but again, > without ACPI this does not work. If I recall correctly, the driver would > report: "RequestIRQ: Resource in use". I contacted the author of the > (orinoco) driver, and he claimed this was outside the scope of the driver. > Indeed, looking at the code it appears that the pcmcia subsystem deals with > dishing out IRQs, not the actual card drivers. > > With kernel 2.4.26-pre5 + today's ACPI patch, everything seems to work, > including the internal wi-fi, _except_ for the external PCMCIA. Inserting my > bluetooth card yields the message: "RequestIRQ: Resource in use". It's > almost as if the pcmcia slots switched roles. :) > > The VX88 uses yenta socket, and I noticed that your latest ChangeLog mentions > a fix regarding multiple cards and irqs on a yenta socket, but this does not > appear to be the same problem (or the fix was incomplete). > > If this is an ACPI issue, how can I help resolve it? I'm a competent > programmer, and I have no problem with mucking with the source. > > Thanks, > -Justin ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click