bug in pcmcia-modules?

Dominik Brodowski linux at dominikbrodowski.net
Sun Jan 30 12:27:53 EST 2011


Hey,

On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 07:03:15PM +0100, f.j.o at gmx.de wrote:
> pci 0000:00:04.0: can't find IRQ for PCI INT A; please try using pci=biosirq
> pci 0000:00:04.1: can't find IRQ for PCI INT B; please try using pci=biosirq
...
> yenta_cardbus 0000:00:04.0: CardBus bridge found [0000:0000]
> yenta_cardbus 0000:00:04.0: no PCI IRQ, CardBus support disabled for this socket.
> yenta_cardbus 0000:00:04.0: check your BIOS CardBus, BIOS IRQ or ACPI settings.
> yenta_cardbus 0000:00:04.0: ISA IRQ mask 0x06b8, PCI irq 0
> yenta_cardbus 0000:00:04.0: Socket status: 30000006
> yenta_cardbus 0000:00:04.1: CardBus bridge found [0000:0000]
> yenta_cardbus 0000:00:04.1: no PCI IRQ, CardBus support disabled for this socket.
> yenta_cardbus 0000:00:04.1: check your BIOS CardBus, BIOS IRQ or ACPI settings.
...
> pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket1: cs: cardbus cards are not supported.

That's the problem -- no IRQ is assigned by ACPI / the PCI subsystem to the
CardBus bridges. Therefore, CardBus cards cannot be supported. So please try
pci=biosirq or changing some BIOS settings so that the IRQ assignment works.

Best,
	Dominik



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