Unable to detect wireless PCMCIA card on Linux

kwok daniel daniel_kwok72 at hotmail.com
Tue Apr 4 22:41:33 EDT 2006


The output of the /proc/iomem is given below:

00000000-0009fbff : System RAM
0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved
000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area
000c0000-000ce1ff : Video ROM
000f0000-000fffff : System ROM
00100000-1ffdefff : System RAM
  00100000-0024e46c : Kernel code
  0024e46d-0030557f : Kernel data
1ffe0000-1fffffbf : ACPI Tables
1fffffc0-1fffffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage
20000000-20000fff : 0000:06:04.0
  20000000-20000fff : yenta_socket
20001000-200010ff : 0000:06:04.4
20400000-207fffff : PCI CardBus #07
20800000-20bfffff : PCI CardBus #07
84000000-87ffffff : PCI Bus #0c
88000000-8fffffff : PCI Bus #02
90000000-9fffffff : PCI Bus #01
  90000000-97ffffff : 0000:01:00.0
b0000000-b000007f : 0000:06:04.1
b0000100-b00001ff : 0000:06:04.2
b0000200-b000027f : 0000:06:04.3
b0001000-b0001fff : 0000:06:02.0
b0010000-b001ffff : 0000:06:01.0
  b0010000-b001ffff : tg3
b0020000-b00207ff : 0000:06:00.0
  b0020000-b00207ff : ohci1394
b0024000-b0027fff : 0000:06:00.0
b4000000-b7ffffff : PCI Bus #0c
b8000000-bfffffff : PCI Bus #02
c0000000-cfffffff : PCI Bus #01
  c0000000-c000ffff : 0000:01:00.0
d0000000-d00001ff : 0000:00:1e.2
  d0000000-d00001ff : ich_audio MMBAR
d0000200-d00002ff : 0000:00:1e.2
  d0000200-d00002ff : ich_audio MBBAR
f0000000-f00003ff : 0000:00:1d.7
  f0000000-f00003ff : ehci_hcd
fff00000-ffffffff : reserved

And the result of lspci -vvv is given below:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. Mobile Memory Controller Hub (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. Mobile Memory Controller Hub PCI 
Express Port (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 0x04 (16 bytes)
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000dfff
	Memory behind bridge: c0000000-cfffffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 90000000-9fffffff
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) 
PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 0x04 (16 bytes)
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000bfff
	Memory behind bridge: b8000000-bfffffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000088000000-000000008ff00000
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) 
PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 0x04 (16 bytes)
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=0c, subordinate=0c, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00009fff
	Memory behind bridge: b4000000-b7ffffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000084000000-0000000087f00000
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 
Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
	Region 4: I/O ports at 1200 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 
Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 11
	Region 4: I/O ports at 1220 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 
Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 11
	Region 4: I/O ports at 1240 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 
Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 11
	Region 4: I/O ports at 1260 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 
Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
	Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d4) (prog-if 01 
[Subtractive decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=32
	I/O behind bridge: 00006000-00007fff
	Memory behind bridge: b0000000-b3ffffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000080000000-0000000083f00000
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW 
(ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
	Region 0: I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
	Region 1: I/O ports at e100 [size=64]
	Region 2: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
	Region 3: Memory at d0000200 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 
Modem Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 10
	Region 0: I/O ports at e200 [size=256]
	Region 1: I/O ports at e300 [size=128]
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge 
(rev 04)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0

0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) 
IDE Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
	Region 0: I/O ports at <unassigned>
	Region 1: I/O ports at <unassigned>
	Region 2: I/O ports at <unassigned>
	Region 3: I/O ports at <unassigned>
	Region 4: I/O ports at 1100 [size=16]

0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus 
Controller (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 11
	Region 4: I/O ports at 1400 [size=32]

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown 
device 5653 (prog-if 00 [VGA])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 0x04 (16 bytes)
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
	Region 0: Memory at 90000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
	Region 1: I/O ports at c000 [size=256]
	Region 2: Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:06:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 
IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 128 (500ns min, 1000ns max), Cache Line Size: 0x04 (16 bytes)
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
	Region 0: Memory at b0020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
	Region 1: Memory at b0024000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:06:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 128 (16000ns min), Cache Line Size: 0x04 (16 bytes)
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
	Region 0: Memory at b0010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:06:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2701
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 128 (750ns min, 6000ns max)
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
	Region 0: Memory at b0001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:06:04.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc: Unknown device 1412 (rev 
10)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 168, Cache Line Size: 0x20 (128 bytes)
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
	Region 0: Memory at 20000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Bus: primary=06, secondary=07, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=176
	Memory window 0: 20400000-207ff000 (prefetchable)
	Memory window 1: 20800000-20bff000
	I/O window 0: 00004000-000040ff
	I/O window 1: 00004400-000044ff
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset+ 16bInt+ PostWrite+
	16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

0000:06:04.1 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc: Unknown device 0530 (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 128 (250ns min, 1000ns max), Cache Line Size: 0x04 (16 bytes)
	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 5
	Region 0: Memory at b0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:06:04.2 0805: ENE Technology Inc: Unknown device 0550 (rev 01) 
(prog-if 01)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 128 (8000ns min, 18000ns max), Cache Line Size: 0x04 (16 bytes)
	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 5
	Region 0: Memory at b0000100 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:06:04.3 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc: Unknown device 0520 (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 128 (250ns min, 1000ns max), Cache Line Size: 0x04 (16 bytes)
	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 5
	Region 0: Memory at b0000200 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:06:04.4 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc: Unknown device 0551 (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0081
	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 5
	Region 0: Memory at 20001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] 
[size=256]
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

I have 512MB RAM on my laptop. Thanks for your reply. 

Cheers 
Daniel


>From: Dominik Brodowski <linux at dominikbrodowski.net>
>To: kwok daniel <daniel_kwok72 at hotmail.com>
>CC: linux-pcmcia at lists.infradead.org
>Subject: Re: Unable to detect wireless PCMCIA card on Linux
>Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 10:03:07 +0200
>
>Hi,
>
>On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 05:14:48AM +0000, kwok daniel wrote:
> > I really appreciate any help from you would solve the problem, as I
> > searched on the web, this seems to be a common problem on some of the
> > laptops. Anyway, thanks in advance.
>
>Yes, and it should be fixed in more recent kernels than the one used by
>Debian... But well, there might be a chance to work around this one. Could
>you send the output of /proc/iomem, of lspci -vvv and tell us how much RAM
>your system has, please?
>
>	Dominik





More information about the linux-pcmcia mailing list