32-bit pc card cannot be seen

Dominik Brodowski linux at dominikbrodowski.net
Mon Dec 5 03:34:14 EST 2005


Hi,

On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 06:31:02PM +1100, Joo Ghee wrote:
> I have just installed Linux (Debian Sarge, Kernel 2.6.8-2-386) on a
> laptop.  However, the laptop was not able to identify a 32-bit pc card
> (a wireless LAN card) that I plug into the cardbus slot.  It works
> fine with a 16-bit pcmcia card, so I am not sure what is the problem.

Could you try out a recent kernel, like 2.6.15-rc5 or 2.6.14.3, please?
Do I understand you correctly that this wireless LAN card does not show up
in lspci? Does the boot parameter "pci=assign-busses" (only usable, I think,
with recent kernels) help?

	Dominik



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