[Orinoco-users] Re: [PATCH] Disable (false?) IRQ check on 2.6 in orinoco_cs (was: yenta_socket.c:yenta_get_status returns bad value compared to 2.4)

David Gibson hermes at gibson.dropbear.id.au
Mon Jul 28 00:16:11 BST 2003


On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 05:43:31PM +0100, Stefan Jones wrote:
> Ok here is the report,
> 
> I had 
> 
> CONFIG_ISA=y
> in my .config which in turn set
> CONFIG_PCMCIA_PROBE=y
> 
> which enabled some invalid (for me) code in
> linux/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_mgr.c
> 
> as the machine does not need ISA 

Yes it does.  16-bit PCMCIA (PC-Card) is kinda-sorta an extension to
the ISA bus, so for 16-bit cards like the orinoco to work properly you
will need ISA support.  If your patch below works at all, it is by
sheer luck.

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