2.6.12 vs. /sbin/cardmgr

Dominik Brodowski linux at dominikbrodowski.net
Sun Jul 10 14:46:49 EDT 2005


Hi,

On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 12:12:17AM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote:
> 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
> 
> But at least it doesn't seem to be running around in tight circles at
> this point :-).
> 
> System is a Dell Latitude CPxJ notebook that continues to work fine
> with 2.6.11 and older kernels.  Any idea what changed between 2.6.11
> and 2.6.12 that might be causing this problem?  I can probably provide
> more info on request.

Please post the output of "lspci" and "lsmod" as I'd like to know which
kind of PCMCIA bridge is in your notebook.

	Dominik



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