setting /etc/pcmcia/config to ensure automatic loading of PCMCIA client driver

[kaustav.majumdar at wipro.com]

Hi all,

We have written a PCMCIA client driver for an unsupported PCMCIA card.
We are facing issue with automatic loading and binding of our driver
when the card is inserted.

For our card
a) When we insert our card, without any entry for the card in
/etc/pcmcia/config, we don't get any 'unrecognized card' kind of
messages in /var/log/messages or in dmesg. No driver gets associated
with the device (we had checked it from /sys/bus/pcmcia/drivers).

b) If we insert entry in /etc/pcmcia/config restart the cardmgr and then
insert the card , our driver is not loaded. I want to know how to
correctly edit the /etc/pcmcia/config file so that the cardmgr
automatically loads the correct client driver associated with my PCMCIA
card.

Below are the steps we followed. Are we missing something? Is there any
way to specify the associated driver for the card (specifying class, etc
in config file) .How do I create such an entry.

Cardctl ident shows -
	socket 0:
	product info:  'CF Card" , "GENERIC" , "", ""
	manfid: 0xXXXX , 0xYYYY
	function : 6 (network)

Entry we added in /etc/pcmcia/config
card "CF card"
  manfid 0xXXXX, 0xYYYY
  bind "ourCard_cs"

(Note that ourCard_cs.ko is compiled as Module during kernel compilation
and the driver also exists in /lib/modules/`uname
-r`/kernel/drivers/net/pcmcia)

c) If we insmod the client driver before inserting the card, then on
insertion of the PCMCIA card, it is observed that ourCard_cs.ko claims
the card as expected.


Thank you,
With Regards,
Kaustav Majumdar


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