novell suse linux 10 sierra wireless aircard 555 hp compaq presario x1000

[Arjun Shriram]

Hi,

I have seen the reply by Kevin Verma and a later one
by your self pertaining to the same card in the
mailing list. I also had a look at the site of
Steve/Clifford at www.offline.co.za.

I have added the line titled pre update to the serial
file but not the post update one. So maybe this could
be of some use since the manf ids in both lines are
different and therefore I should recompile.

If this does not work then I shall post the output of
the commands you sent in your earlier message.

How do I send my replies to the mailing list as it
does not have a reply to message option.

Thanks.

--- Dominik Brodowski <linux at dominikbrodowski.net>
wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 01:59:15AM -0800, Arjun
> Shriram wrote:
> > 1. i have just installed novell suse linux 10 on
> my hp
> > compaq presario x1000 with the sierra wireless
> aircard
> > 555 but i am confused
> 
> OK, have you seen the reply by Kevin Verma?
> Unfortunately that card behaves
> a bit strange, so it might take a bit help also from
> SuSE side to get this
> to work.
> 
> > 2. now how do i make this card work as i am
> totally
> > new to the linux world and would appreciate any
> help
> > as this worked in all other earlier versions of
> linux
> 
> Well, unfortunately it doesn't work out of the box
> (yet) as it should. SuSE
> folks on this list: is the necessary firmware file
> (SW_555_SER.cis already
> packaged and avilabale)? Also, I _think_ that the
> only change required to
> the kernel to make it work out of the box is this:
> 
> 
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/serial/serial_cs.c
> b/drivers/serial/serial_cs.c
> index 96969cb..c303336 100644
> --- a/drivers/serial/serial_cs.c
> +++ b/drivers/serial/serial_cs.c
> @@ -785,6 +785,8 @@ static struct pcmcia_device_id
> serial_id
>  	PCMCIA_MFC_DEVICE_CIS_MANF_CARD(1, 0x0101, 0x0035,
> "3CXEM556.cis"),
>  	PCMCIA_MFC_DEVICE_CIS_MANF_CARD(1, 0x0101, 0x003d,
> "3CXEM556.cis"),
>  	PCMCIA_DEVICE_CIS_MANF_CARD(0x0192, 0x0710,
> "SW_7xx_SER.cis"),	/* Sierra Wireless AC710/AC750
> GPRS Network Adapter R1 */
> +	PCMCIA_DEVICE_CIS_MANF_CARD(0x0192, 0xa555,
> "SW_555_SER.cis"),  /* Sierra Aircard 555 CDMA 1xrtt
> Modem -- pre update */
> +	PCMCIA_DEVICE_CIS_MANF_CARD(0x013f, 0xa555,
> "SW_555_SER.cis"),  /* Sierra Aircard 555 CDMA 1xrtt
> Modem -- post update */
>  	PCMCIA_DEVICE_CIS_PROD_ID12("MultiTech", "PCMCIA
> 56K DataFax", 0x842047ee, 0xc2efcf03,
> "MT5634ZLX.cis"),
>  	PCMCIA_DEVICE_CIS_PROD_ID12("ADVANTECH",
> "COMpad-32/85B-4", 0x96913a85, 0xcec8f102,
> "COMpad4.cis"),
>  	PCMCIA_DEVICE_CIS_PROD_ID123("ADVANTECH",
> "COMpad-32/85", "1.0", 0x96913a85, 0x8fbe92ae,
> 0x0877b627, "COMpad2.cis"),
> 
> 
> 
> > 9. what does cs unable to apply power mean and how
> can
> > i rectify it out here
> 
> Uh? You also see the "cs: unable to apply power"
> message? Then please post
> the complete dmesg and lspci -vvv output to this
> list: As root, do
> 	dmesg -s 200000 > /tmp/bugreport.txt
> 	lspci -vvv >> /tmp/bugreport.txt
> 	chmod o+r /tmp/bugreport.txt
> 
> and then append this file to your reply to this
> message, please.
> 
> 	Dominik
>