Re: [9fans] PCMCIA Interrupt Issues

[blstuart@bellsouth.net]

In message <cd238bafce48ccd1b5343c0290afee01@plan9.bell-labs.com>, jmk@plan9.be
ll-labs.com writes:
>Which model of NEC laptop? I have an old Versa 6030 somewhere which
>used to work but I can't try it until Tuesday.

I think it's from the same family.  The one I'm doing most of my
work with is a 6260.  I've also got an LXi that I want to get
working, but I've also got video issues there.  (The really
frustrating thing is that I once had video working, but seem
to have failed to save all the changes necessary.)

>I think now you would also have to try disabling the Cardbus support
>and only use the i82365 PCMCIA code by
>
>	pccard0=disabled

Peter Bosch also suggested this.  It seems to have made some
improvement in that it does seem to think it is properly configuring
an interrupt for the slot.  However, I still have no joy in
getting communication.  I've tried both letting it select the
irq itself and setting a few combinations (including the ones
you suggested).  Unfortunately, the symptoms are still the
same.  The DHCP server sees the discover and sends an offer.
Reading the /net/ether0/stats file shows that we've received
packets.  But there's no evidence that ipconfig ever saw anything.
However, now that I know the right driver to look at, I'll try
to find some time to dig a little deeper.

>If I remember correctly, that laptop only had Cardbus in one slot, the
>other was PCMCIA only.

To be honest, I don't really know the difference.  It does seem
to be reporting the same controller for both slots.

Thanks again,
Brian L. Stuart