2.6.12 vs. /sbin/cardmgr

[Jar]

> I've got a Mandrake 10.0 system with a 2.6.12 kernel presently.
> Somewhere between 2.6.11 and 2.6.12, /sbin/cardmgr from the
> pcmcia-cs-3.2.5-3mdk package decided it needs to consume incredible
> amounts of CPU time when invoked the first time following a boot.
> You can definitely notice the load on the system.
>
> Stopping cardmgr requires a "kill -9": softer kills are ignored.
> Restarting cardmgr produces the following output:
>
> cardmgr[3731]: watching 2 sockets
> cardmgr[3731]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0xc00-0xcff: Device or resource
> busy
> cardmgr[3731]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0x100-0x4ff: Device or resource
> busy
> cardmgr[3731]: could not adjust resource: memory 0xc0000-0xfffff: Input/output error
> cardmgr[3731]: could not adjust resource: memory 0x60000000-0x60ffffff: Input/output
> error
> cardmgr[3731]: could not adjust resource: memory 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: Input/output
> error
> cardmgr[3731]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0x1000-0x1fff: Device or resource
> busy
> cardmgr[3731]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0xa00-0xaff: Device or resource
> busy

The pcmcia related modules are already loaded and in use, when you try to load them
second time you get those error messages.

This seems to be related to my question also:
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-pcmcia/2005-July/002159.html

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Best Regards, Jar