Netgear PCMCIA card freezes system

James UTTER jutter at trinity.unimelb.edu.au
Fri Mar 2 20:00:48 EST 2007


Hi,

I bought a Netgear WG511T wireless network card for my Toshiba Portege 4010.

If I insert the card into my computer, it freezes instantly. Ejecting the
card sometimes allows the computer to continue running as normal, and
there I can see the error messages.

i get a message that says:

cs: pcmcia_socket1: unable to apply power.

The lights on the card never turn on.

the system also freezes on boot, and i get what appears to be handlers /
some sort of stack. Amongst those messages:

irq 11: nobody cared (try booting up with the "irqpoll" option)
[<address>] _report_bad_irq+0x36/0x7d
... (more messages like it)
Disabling IRQ #11
pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 1

My system freezes with both the debian testing kernel 2.6.18-3 (and
2.6.17-2) and a custom 2.6.20 kernel.

I have tried another PCMCIA card, a xircom re100, which works without
problems.

Is there anything I can do? Can anyone help me debug this? Should I just
buy another network card?

Thank you,

James
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output of lspci -vvv

00:00.0 Host bridge: ALi Corporation M1644/M1644T Northbridge+Trident (rev
01)
        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
        Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: [b0] AGP version 2.0
                Status: RQ=28 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64-
HTrans- 64bit- FW- AGP3- Rate=x1,x2,x4
                Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW-
Rate=<none>
        Capabilities: [a4] Power Management version 1
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:01.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation PCI to AGP Controller (prog-if 00
[Normal decode])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff
        Memory behind bridge: f7f00000-fdffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 30000000-300fffff
        Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR+
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

00:02.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
(prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0004
        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: 64 (20000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: Memory at f7eff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:04.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c3) (prog-if f0)
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0004
        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: 64 (500ns min, 1000ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 255
        Region 0: [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[disabled] [size=8]
        Region 1: [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable)
[disabled] [size=1]
        Region 2: [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[disabled] [size=8]
        Region 3: [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable)
[disabled] [size=1]
        Region 4: I/O ports at eff0 [size=16]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link
Controller Audio Device (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0001
        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: 64 (500ns min, 6000ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: I/O ports at 1000 [size=256]
        Region 1: Memory at 30104000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin
IV/V/V+]
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0004
        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
        Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 1
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:08.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU]
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0001
        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-

00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro
100] (rev 0d)
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems 8255x-based Ethernet
Adapter (10/100)
        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: 64 (2000ns min, 14000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: Memory at f7efe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Region 1: I/O ports at eec0 [size=64]
        Region 2: Memory at f7ec0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-

00:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A
IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0001
        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: 64 (500ns min, 1000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: Memory at 30107000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
        Region 1: Memory at 30100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=55mA
PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME+

00:11.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to
Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32)
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0001
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 168
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: Memory at 30105000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
        Memory window 0: 20000000-23fff000 (prefetchable)
        Memory window 1: 24000000-27fff000
        I/O window 0: 00001400-000014ff
        I/O window 1: 00001800-000018ff
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- 16bInt+ PostWrite+
        16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

00:11.1 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to
Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32)
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0001
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 168
        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: Memory at 30106000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=09, sec-latency=0
        Memory window 0: 28000000-2bfff000 (prefetchable)
        Memory window 1: 2c000000-2ffff000
        I/O window 0: 00001c00-00001cff
        I/O window 1: 00002000-000020ff
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- 16bInt+ PostWrite+
        16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

00:12.0 System peripheral: Toshiba America Info Systems SD TypA Controller
(rev 03)
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0001
        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 A routed to IRQ 255
        Region 0: Memory at 30107800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
[size=512]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade XPAi1
(rev 82) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0001
        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: 8
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
        Region 1: Memory at fbc00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
        Region 2: Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
        Region 3: Memory at f7ff8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 30000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [80] AGP version 2.0
                Status: RQ=33 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64-
HTrans- 64bit- FW- AGP3- Rate=x1,x2,x4
                Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW-
Rate=<none>
        Capabilities: [90] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-




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