Airo Net 340 PCMCIA WiFi Card trouble

Airo Net 340 PCMCIA WiFi Card trouble

[Martin Willemoes Hansen]

Hi! Im getting an error when using my Airo PCMCIA WiFi card with the
2.4.20, 2.4.21, 2.4.22 kernel. 
It works when im using 2.4.19 and lower.

The error message:
cardmgr[19]: starting, version is 3.2.4
cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0ffff: excluding 0xc0000-0xcbfff

After looking a bit at the mailinglist archive I see that there is some
trouble with the Airo drivers. Will there be a fix for the 2.4.x series?
Will it be fixed out of the box in 2.6.x?

I hope you can help.

The card im using is a Cisco Airo Net 340

PS. Im not subscribed to this list, so please reply to my email address.

PPS. Happy hacking!
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Re: Airo Net 340 PCMCIA WiFi Card trouble

[Russell King]

On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:22:30PM +0200, Martin Willemoes Hansen wrote:
> Hi! Im getting an error when using my Airo PCMCIA WiFi card with the
> 2.4.20, 2.4.21, 2.4.22 kernel. 
> It works when im using 2.4.19 and lower.
> 
> The error message:
> cardmgr[19]: starting, version is 3.2.4
> cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0ffff: excluding 0xc0000-0xcbfff

This isn't an error message as such.  It's the result of checking whether
the memory in the specified range is actually available.

Can you describe the problem you're experiencing in any more detail
please?

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Re: Airo Net 340 PCMCIA WiFi Card trouble

[Martin Willemoes Hansen]

On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 12:36, Russell King wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:22:30PM +0200, Martin Willemoes Hansen wrote:
> > Hi! Im getting an error when using my Airo PCMCIA WiFi card with the
> > 2.4.20, 2.4.21, 2.4.22 kernel. 
> > It works when im using 2.4.19 and lower.
> > 
> > The error message:
> > cardmgr[19]: starting, version is 3.2.4
> > cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0ffff: excluding 0xc0000-0xcbfff
> 
> This isn't an error message as such.  It's the result of checking whether
> the memory in the specified range is actually available.
> 
> Can you describe the problem you're experiencing in any more detail
> please?

Sure, when I boot my laptop with any of the above mentioned kernels I
get the above message and the laptop freezes and stops whatever its
doing.

I will have to reset the machine and boot without having the card
inserted. When I insert the card after successfull boot the laptop
freezes.

If I can provided more details please ask me.

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On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 12:36, Russell King wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:22:30PM +0200, Martin Willemoes Hansen wrote:
> > Hi! Im getting an error when using my Airo PCMCIA WiFi card with the
> > 2.4.20, 2.4.21, 2.4.22 kernel. 
> > It works when im using 2.4.19 and lower.
> > 
> > The error message:
> > cardmgr[19]: starting, version is 3.2.4
> > cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0ffff: excluding 0xc0000-0xcbfff
> 
> This isn't an error message as such.  It's the result of checking whether
> the memory in the specified range is actually available.
> 
> Can you describe the problem you're experiencing in any more detail
> please?

Sure, when I boot my laptop with any of the above mentioned kernels I
get the above message and the laptop freezes and stops whatever its
doing.

I will have to reset the machine and boot without having the card
inserted. When I insert the card after successfull boot the laptop
freezes.

If I can provided more details please ask me.

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Re: Airo Net 340 PCMCIA WiFi Card trouble

[tonildg]

 >The error message:
 >cardmgr[19]: starting, version is 3.2.4
 >cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0ffff: excluding >0xc0000-0xcbfff

  I had the same problem you have (but in other range of memory and with 
another wireless card) and it started too with 2.4.19. 

 I solved it testing with memory ranges in the config.opts file that 
comes with your pcmcia_cs version.

   You have to play with them until one fits and boots. "I had to use 
windows to see the memory adresses my cardbus used." Usually, when 
comenting the "include memory 0xc0000-0xfffff" solves it.

However this problem is not caused by the Airo driver. And, (i think) it 
is not a  kernel problem. Maybe a pcmcia_cs one.

 >Sure, when I boot my laptop with any of the above mentioned kernels I
 >get the above message and the laptop freezes and stops whatever its
 >doing.

Re: Airo Net 340 PCMCIA WiFi Card trouble

[Martin Willemoes Hansen]

On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 05:09, tonildg wrote:
>  >The error message:
>  >cardmgr[19]: starting, version is 3.2.4
>  >cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0ffff: excluding >0xc0000-0xcbfff
> 
>   I had the same problem you have (but in other range of memory and with 
> another wireless card) and it started too with 2.4.19. 
> 
>  I solved it testing with memory ranges in the config.opts file that 
> comes with your pcmcia_cs version.
> 
>    You have to play with them until one fits and boots. "I had to use 
> windows to see the memory adresses my cardbus used." 

Umh can I check it out on Linux as well? And how? I can boot correctly
with 2.4.19.

> Usually, when 
> comenting the "include memory 0xc0000-0xfffff" solves it.

Yes when I comment that include out I can boot but the card is not
properly intitialized, here is the errors I get:

airo: register interrupt 0 failed, rc -16
airo_cs: RequestConfiguration: Operation succeeded

cardmgr[20]: get dev info on socket 0 failed: Resource temporarily
unavailable.

> However this problem is not caused by the Airo driver. And, (i think) it 
> is not a  kernel problem. Maybe a pcmcia_cs one.

Okay so the kernel changed something and is now using that memory area?

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Re: Airo Net 340 PCMCIA WiFi Card trouble

[tonildg]

Hi again, read below...

> On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 05:09, tonildg wrote:
> 
>> >The error message:
>> >cardmgr[19]: starting, version is 3.2.4
>> >cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0ffff: excluding >0xc0000-0xcbfff
>>
>>  I had the same problem you have (but in other range of memory and with 
>>another wireless card) and it started too with 2.4.19. 
>>
>> I solved it testing with memory ranges in the config.opts file that 
>>comes with your pcmcia_cs version.
>>
>>   You have to play with them until one fits and boots. "I had to use 
>>windows to see the memory adresses my cardbus used." 
> 
> 
< Umh can I check it out on Linux as well? And how? I can boot correctly
> with 2.4.19.

  I had to look to the windows cardbus device properties to get it work, 
but i think that by playing with some values you can get it working too 
without needing that crappy OS.

   My  Excuse: The reason i looked into windows whas that i was setting 
up  a laptop whith the host_ap module support and i needed it working 
for giving a wireless talk and  had no time to play. :-)

> 
>>Usually, when 
>>comenting the "include memory 0xc0000-0xfffff" solves it.
> 
> 
> Yes when I comment that include out I can boot but the card is not
> properly intitialized, here is the errors I get:
> 
> airo: register interrupt 0 failed, rc -16
> airo_cs: RequestConfiguration: Operation succeeded
> 
> cardmgr[20]: get dev info on socket 0 failed: Resource temporarily
> unavailable.
> 
    I can only give you this link where the problem is referenced and 
have some instructions to guess wich memory addresses to reserve for the 
cardbus.
  http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/doc/PCMCIA-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.5

>>However this problem is not caused by the Airo driver. And, (i think) it 
>>is not a  kernel problem. Maybe a pcmcia_cs one.
> 
> 
> Okay so the kernel changed something and is now using that memory area?
> 
    No. I think kernel does not change anything. Maybe is that the 
kernel fits a region of memory originally reserved for the cardbus as is 
defined in config.opts. Maybe because those new kernel are a few Kb 
bigger than before one's.

    Remembering this thing makes me think that this "issue" is more a 
pcmcia_cs thing than a kernel/driver one.

Hope it helps you or any other developer/list__member here.

PD: Excuse my poor english.

Re: Airo Net 340 PCMCIA WiFi Card trouble

[xcytame]

Well, we had some advance :-)

I have really no clue about what can cause your system getting no interrupt 
free for pcmcia. 

>>airo: register interrupt 0 failed, rc -16

Googling for "pcmcia-cs register interrupt 0 failed" i found this:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/3/2003/07/4/48965 where it 
points to a ISA related issue.

>Possable sollution.
>
>I had a similar problem.
>
>It seems the Aironet cards is 16bit (not Cardbus) you must sellect ISA 
>support in the kernel for the cards to be recognized.
>(Under General setup)
>
>Hope it helps.
>
>Regards,
>Pieter

If it does not help you, i  can only point you to the pcmcia-cs documentation 
about interrupts at

 http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/doc/PCMCIA-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.2

hope it helps. ( tell us please :-)  )

On Saturday 25 October 2003 17:44, Martin Willemoes Hansen wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 16:36, tonildg wrote:
> > >> I solved it testing with memory ranges in the config.opts file that
> > >>comes with your pcmcia_cs version.
> > >>
> > >>   You have to play with them until one fits and boots. "I had to use
> > >>windows to see the memory adresses my cardbus used."
> >
> > < Umh can I check it out on Linux as well? And how? I can boot correctly
> >
> > > with 2.4.19.
> >
> >   I had to look to the windows cardbus device properties to get it work,
> > but i think that by playing with some values you can get it working too
> > without needing that crappy OS.
>
> Hmm after changing the memory address I seem to get a new problem :(
> Hope you can point me in the right direction.
>
> Settings in config.opts
> I changed the first include memory
> to the address I found in win98
> ----------------------------------
>
> # System resources available for PCMCIA devices
>
> include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x800-0x8ff, port 0xc00-0xcff
> include memory 0xc0030000-0xc003ffff
> include memory 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff, memory 0x60000000-0x60ffffff
>
> # High port numbers do not always work...
> # include port 0x1000-0x17ff
>
> # Extra port range for IBM Token Ring
> include port 0xa00-0xaff
>
> # Resources we should not use, even if they appear to be available
>
> # First built-in serial port
> exclude irq 4
> # Second built-in serial port
> #exclude irq 3
> # First built-in parallel port
> exclude irq 7
>
> =====================================================================
>
> dmesg from: 2.4.19 (everything is okay here :o))
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
> cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: clean.
> cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x378-0x37f 0x398-0x39f
> 0x4d0-0x4d7
> cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
> cs: memory probe 0xc0030000-0xc003ffff: clean.
> airo:  Probing for PCI adapters
> airo:  Finished probing for PCI adapters
> airo: Doing fast bap_reads
> airo: MAC enabled eth0 0:40:96:45:75:51
> eth0: index 0x05: Vcc 5.0, Vpp 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013f
>
> dmesg from: 2.4.22 (seems like IO port probe is missing here)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-------
>
> cs: memory probe 0x60000000-0x60ffffff: clean.
> airo:  Probing for PCI adapters
> airo:  Finished probing for PCI adapters
> airo: register interrupt 0 failed, rc -16
> airo_cs: RequestConfiguration: Operation succeeded
>
>
> Anyone have an idea of what I might do to get the card going in 2.4.22?

Re: Airo Net 340 PCMCIA WiFi Card trouble

[Martin Willemoes Hansen]

On Sun, 2003-10-26 at 03:34, xcytame wrote:
> Well, we had some advance :-)
> 
> I have really no clue about what can cause your system getting no interrupt 
> free for pcmcia. 
> 
> >>airo: register interrupt 0 failed, rc -16
> 
> Googling for "pcmcia-cs register interrupt 0 failed" i found this:
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/3/2003/07/4/48965 where it 
> points to a ISA related issue.

After enabling ISA in the kernel it worked like a charm :o)

Thank you.

The whole solution is:
	1. include memory 0xc0040000-0xc004ffff
	2. Enable ISA in kernel

This works for me with: 
	o Cisco pcmcia, aironet 350 card
	o Linux-2.4.22
	o pcmcia-cs-3.2.5


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Re: Airo Net 340 PCMCIA WiFi Card trouble

[Martin Willemoes Hansen]

On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 12:36, Russell King wrote:
> Can you describe the problem you're experiencing in any more detail
> please?

Umh a little update it is in fact not a 340 card I have it is a Cisco
Airo Net 350 PCMCIA card. Sorry about that mistake.
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On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 12:36, Russell King wrote:
> Can you describe the problem you're experiencing in any more detail
> please?

Umh a little update it is in fact not a 340 card I have it is a Cisco
Airo Net 350 PCMCIA card. Sorry about that mistake.
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