What kind of PCMCIA/CF cards do you support?
By default, our kernels are configured for ATA flash and NE2000 ethernet cards. If you make a zImage without modification, your board should work with these types of cards. We have tested several NE2000 ethernet cards and ATA flash cards. If you find an ATA flash or NE2000 card that does not work with our images, let us know.
To enable 802.11b wireless networking cards, see Wireless drivers.
Why don't I see any messages when a card is inserted?
Check /var/log/messages to verify CardServices was started:
Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.22
options: []
SA-1100 PCMCIA (CS release 3.1.22)
...
and the cardmgr daemon was started and initialized on at least one socket.
You can also use ps to check for cardmgr. You can start cardmgr with the command: /sbin/cardmgr
Even when cardmgr is running, the system doesn't detect my PCMCIA card. What else should I check?
If you want to use a special PCMCIA card (not defined in the system), the driver for card should be inlcuded in the kernel or loaded as module and /etc/pcmcia/config and /etc/pcmcia/config.opts should be checked. A web search for 'linux arm' and the name or model number of the card will often turn up the necessary configuration information.
If you still have problem using a specific PCMCIA card, ask us for help.
Can I get more information about a card that is detected when it's inserted in a PCMCIA slot?
You can create a directory named /var/lib/pcmcia and start or restart cardmgr. The cardmgr will put a file named 'stab' in that directory which will have an entry for each inserted PCMCIA card.
mkdir /var/lib/pcmcia
cardmgr
cat /var/lib/pcmcia/stab
You can use cardctl with the status, config, and ident options to get information about inserted cards.
cardctl status
cardctl config
cardctl ident
You can look at /proc/bus/pccard/... which has some information about the drivers present in the kernel.
cat /proc/bus/pccard/drivers
cat /proc/bus/pccard/00/status
cat /proc/bus/pccard/01/status
30-Dec-2003: jlackey
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