pccard (Linksys WPC11) resets constantly (fwd)

[Brian Sturgill]

Try excluding IRQ 7 from your available Interrupts for PCMCIA. In Redhat, 
the config file is /etc/pcmcia/pcmcia.opts ..

>From: mapr at mx.sybcom.de
>To: hostap at shmoo.com
>Subject: pccard (Linksys WPC11) resets constantly (fwd)
>Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:40:27 +0100 (CET)
>
>
>Hello,
>I am running kernel 2.4.25 (i82365, N2K-card driver, etc. built into the
>kernel), hostap-driver-0.3.7 and cardmgr comes from pcmcia-cs-3.2.7. This
>configuration worked well with a Netgear MA401, but switching to a
>Linksys WPC11 brought several problems.
>
>I do an insmod to load the modules  'hostap.o' and 'hostap_cs.o',
>sometimes this runs without problems and I can run cardmgr and do a ram
>download (prism2_srec -r wlan0 rf010409.hex). After running for a short
>time the card is resetting constantly:
>
>NETDEV WATCHDOG: wifi0: transmit timed out
>wifi0 Tx timed out! Resetting card
>hostap_cs: wifi0: resetting card
>Spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
>NETDEV WATCHDOG: wifi0: transmit timed out
>wifi0 TX timed out! Resetting card
>wifi0: interrupt delivery does not seem to work
>wifi0: DTIM period setting to 1 failed
>NETDEV WATCHDOG: wifi0: transmit timed out
>wifi0: TX timed out! Resetting card
>wifi0: interrupt delivery does not seem to work
>wifi0: MAC port 0 enabling failed
>hostap_cs: wifi0: resetting card
>hostap_cs: wifi0: resetting card
>NETDEV WATCHDOG: wifi0 : transmit timed out
>wifi0 Tx timed out! Resetting card
>hostap_cs: wifi0: resetting card
>
>
>As far as I can see the problems arise already when the modules are
>loaded (if that could cause the above problems?), because most of the
>times after insmod'ing it says:
>
>'unable to locate card memory' and later
>'resource is temporarely not available'
>
>and something about not finding memory_cs [I don't need the memory_cs.o
>module, do I? And if, why does it run sometimes without?] Running cardmgr
>now freezes the whole computer.
>
>I don't do the 'modprobe' stuff, because I have very limited resources
>(no hd, only ramdisk)  - so it's likely a general PCMCIA instead of a
>hostap* module problem. Sorry if being Off-Topic, but currently I don't
>get a step forward.
>
>
>Any hints will be appreciated
>
>Thanks,
>Mario
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