PCMCIA in SuSE Pro 9.2

[Alma J Wetzker]

Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> Is your PCMCIA subsystem starting?  (rcpcmcia status)
> Is it set to start at boot?  (chkconfig)
> 
> Here is an interesting read full of information on your choice of
> Broadcom NICs:
> http://www.gidforums.com/t-4390.html
> 
> I'm running PCMCIA all the time on SuSE 8.2, 9.1 and soon on 9.2.  I use
> Cisco 802.11b/ .11abg cards, Orinoco cards, DLink cards.  No problem.
> Yast always identifies them, sometimes even when I'd rather them not be
> recognized.  I would be looking a little deeper in the PCMCIA stack than
> the cards.
> 
> If you are wondering about SuSE, download either Knoppix or
> Ubuntu-LiveCD and see if they show up there.  I'm not familiar with the
> T23 Thinkpad.  How old, what kind of proc?  What does the following tool
> output:
> 
> lspci
> lspci -v

The system claims that pcmcia is running (using yenta_socket)
It should start up at boot (It claims it will)

I used ndiswrapper.  It is running and finds the card.
#ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5	hardware present

YaST is still not finding the card.

#lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev 01)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 41)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio
Controller (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. SuperSavage IX/C SDR (rev 05)
0000:02:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
0000:02:00.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
0000:02:02.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems (former Lucent
Microelectronics) WinModem 56k (rev 01)
0000:02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM)
Ethernet Controller (rev 41)
0000:03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g
Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)

#lspci -v
[snip]
0000:02:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad T23 (2647-4MG)
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
	Memory at 50000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
	Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176
	Memory window 0: 40400000-407ff000 (prefetchable)
	Memory window 1: 40800000-40bff000
	I/O window 0: 00004000-000040ff
	I/O window 1: 00004400-000044ff
	16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

0000:02:00.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad T23 (2647-4MG)
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
	Memory at 51000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
	Bus: primary=02, secondary=07, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=176
	Memory window 0: 40c00000-40fff000 (prefetchable)
	Memory window 1: 41000000-413ff000
	I/O window 0: 00004800-000048ff
	I/O window 1: 00004c00-00004cff
	16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
[snip]
0000:02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM)
Ethernet Controller (rev 41)
	Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11
	Memory at c0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
	I/O ports at 6400 [size=64]
	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

0000:03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g
Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Belkin Belkin F5D7010 54g Wireless Network card
	Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 11
	Memory at 40800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]

??? Why is the thing disabled???  How do I switch it?  knoppix likes it.

I really can't find anything in dmesg that tells me anything.  The system
beeps nicely when a card is inserted or removed.

The T23 is really a nice system.  The unit was designed in 1999 but mine was
built in 2001.  It used a PIII-M at 1.1GHz.  I have 1GB of RAM and a 60 GB
drive and a DVD-ROM.  It uses an Intel chipset.  Has an integrated 10/100
Intel PRO/100 ethernet port.  It wants ACPI.  A 16 MB 1024x768 video display,
that, I think, is AGP.  I found the thing at a price a student with kids can
afford.

[snip]

What else do I need to report?  It disturbs me that even under knoppix, I
can't find the name of the card interface in dmesg.  where else would it be?

     -- Alma