From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:21:59 +1000 From: "'David Gibson'" To: Sanjeev Manral Cc: "'linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org'" Subject: Re: pcmcia- config.opts, cis and pci Message-ID: <20020829042159.GJ1537@zax> References: <6DF87017DA95D611AC6000606730DE9B0BD768@BLREXSR> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <6DF87017DA95D611AC6000606730DE9B0BD768@BLREXSR> Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 09:30:27AM +0530, Sanjeev Manral wrote: > > Thank you david, > > right now I 'm using 16 bit card. does it mean that enabling pci has no > sigficant as there is no pci bus. That should be true. > you can have a look at hardware(visit link) > http://www.sanyo.com/industrial/semiconductors/systemlsi/IAPr.html > > do I need to write a driver for sockets of my controller? If there isn't a socket driver already available for your PCMCIA controller hardware, then yes. > From: David Gibson [mailto:david@gibson.dropbear.id.au] > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 5:21 AM > To: 'linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org' > Subject: Re: pcmcia- config.opts, cis and pci > > > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 03:30:14PM +0530, Sanjeev Manral wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm using pcmcia-cs-3.2.0 my kernel is 2.4.17. It's a ppc405 board. > > > > pcmcia-cs is not able to detect ide_cs card and telling it a Blank card. > > > > I've tried many options in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts but nothing is working. > > > > I'm having one more doubt. there is no PCI brige in manual of my hardware. > > It is using coreconnect architecture and PCMCIA controller is directly > > connected to processor local bus. In hardware there is not a single > mention > > of pci-plb bridge. > > > > If I disable "pci" in "make xconfig" "card bus support" is also disabling > > and there are no sockets. > > shall I enable "pci" and "card bus support"( I'm trying this, IS IT > > CORRECT?) > > Probably not - are you using a 16-bit PCMCIA "PC Card" or a 32-bit > "CardBus" card. Since you have no PCI, chances are your hardware will > only support the 16-bit cards. > > > I debugged it with enable "pci" and "card bus support". driver is not able > > to get a valid cis. and trying to load a blank card driver( memory_cs ) > > instead of ide_cs. > > > > Is it a problem with only config.opts or some other problem. > > > > I don't know where to proceed. if somebody knows how and where to get a > > valid config.opts please let me know. > > > > thanks, > > Sanjeev > > > > > > > -- David Gibson | For every complex problem there is a david@gibson.dropbear.id.au | solution which is simple, neat and | wrong. http://www.ozlabs.org/people/dgibson ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/