Hello!
The problem is to install linux on on Jetbook 486SLC-25 to use PCMCIA Network controller on it.
I am trying to install Slackware 8.0 but supplied floppy with pcmcia software does not recognizes onboard Cirrus Logic PCMCIA controller. I have tried a lot of things and read a lot of docs and mailing lists but nothing helps.
Here is laptop booting log:
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Linux version 2.2.19 (root@bigkitty) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)) #22 Wed Jun 20 18:12:16 PDT 2001
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-88: 0009f000 @ 00000000 (usable)
BIOS-88: 00320000 @ 00100000 (usable)
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 9.83 BogoMIPS
Memory: 2052k/4224k available (1348k kernel code, 416k reserved, 340k data, 68k init)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
Dentry hash table entries: 1024 (order 1, 8k)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4k)
Page cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4k)
VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
CPU: Cyrix UnknownSLC
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Checking for popad bug... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
PCI: No PCI bus detected
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 4096 bhash 4096)
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd v 1.5
Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
Serial driver version 4.27 with HUB-6 MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16450
pty: 512 Unix98 ptys configured
Real Time Clock Driver v1.09
RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 0K size
loop: registered device at major 7
hda: Maxtor 25128 AT, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: Maxtor 25128 AT, 122MB w/32kB Cache, CHS=982/15/17
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is an 8272A
md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
linear personality registered
raid0 personality registered
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
MINIX-fs: mounting unchecked file system, running fsck is recommended.
VFS: Mounted root (minix filesystem).
Freeing unused kernel memory: 68k freed
VFS: Disk change detected on device fd(2,0)
Here is what I see while trying to start PCMCIA services:
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Starting PCMCIA services:
Using /lib/modules/2.2.19/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o.gz
<Probing for PCIC:>
Using /lib/modules/2.2.19/pcmcia/i82365.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.2.19/pcmcia/pcic.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.2.19/pcmcia/dc.o.gz
/lib/modules/2.2.19/pcmcia/dc.o.gz: init_module: Device of resource busy
/lib/modules/2.2.19/pcmcia/dc.o.gz: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
After this /var/log/messages contains:
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Jul 9 10:59:51 slackware kern.info kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.26
Jul 9 11:00:17 slackware kern.info kernel: Intel PCIC probe: not found.
Jul 9 11:00:39 slackware kern.info kernel: Databook TCIC-2 PCMCIA probe: not found.
Jul 9 11:00:55 slackware kern.notice kernel: ds: no socket drivers loaded!
Jul 9 11:01:06 slackware daemon.info cardmgr[132]: starting, version is 3.1.26
Jul 9 11:01:14 slackware daemon.err cardmgr[132]: no pcmcia driver in /proc/devices
As far as I understand PCMCIA modules doesn't recognize PCMCIA controller.
Recently I have been disappointed by line "PCI: No PCI bus detected" while booting. May be this is an issue?
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I think the i82365 module may need to be loaded with "wakeup=1". It isn't clear to me if you've already installed linux on this system, or if you are trying to install it using a PCMCIA card?
Few 486 based systems had PCI support. I don't think this is an issue here since I think your system would have an ISA-to-PCMCIA bridge.
-- Dave
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
Hello!
The problem is to install linux on on Jetbook 486SLC-25 to use PCMCIA Network controller on it.
I am trying to install Slackware 8.0 but supplied floppy with pcmcia software does not recognizes onboard Cirrus Logic PCMCIA controller. I have tried a lot of things and read a lot of docs and mailing lists but nothing helps.
Here is laptop booting log:
---------------------------------------
Linux version 2.2.19 (root@bigkitty) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)) #22 Wed Jun 20 18:12:16 PDT 2001
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-88: 0009f000 @ 00000000 (usable)
BIOS-88: 00320000 @ 00100000 (usable)
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 9.83 BogoMIPS
Memory: 2052k/4224k available (1348k kernel code, 416k reserved, 340k data, 68k init)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
Dentry hash table entries: 1024 (order 1, 8k)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4k)
Page cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4k)
VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
CPU: Cyrix UnknownSLC
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Checking for popad bug... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
PCI: No PCI bus detected
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 4096 bhash 4096)
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd v 1.5
Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
Serial driver version 4.27 with HUB-6 MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16450
pty: 512 Unix98 ptys configured
Real Time Clock Driver v1.09
RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 0K size
loop: registered device at major 7
hda: Maxtor 25128 AT, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: Maxtor 25128 AT, 122MB w/32kB Cache, CHS=982/15/17
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is an 8272A
md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
linear personality registered
raid0 personality registered
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
MINIX-fs: mounting unchecked file system, running fsck is recommended.
VFS: Mounted root (minix filesystem).
Freeing unused kernel memory: 68k freed
VFS: Disk change detected on device fd(2,0)
Here is what I see while trying to start PCMCIA services:
------------------------------------
Starting PCMCIA services:
Using /lib/modules/2.2.19/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o.gz
<Probing for PCIC:>
Using /lib/modules/2.2.19/pcmcia/i82365.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.2.19/pcmcia/pcic.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.2.19/pcmcia/dc.o.gz
/lib/modules/2.2.19/pcmcia/dc.o.gz: init_module: Device of resource busy
/lib/modules/2.2.19/pcmcia/dc.o.gz: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
After this /var/log/messages contains:
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Jul 9 10:59:51 slackware kern.info kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.26
Jul 9 11:00:17 slackware kern.info kernel: Intel PCIC probe: not found.
Jul 9 11:00:39 slackware kern.info kernel: Databook TCIC-2 PCMCIA probe: not found.
Jul 9 11:00:55 slackware kern.notice kernel: ds: no socket drivers loaded!
Jul 9 11:01:06 slackware daemon.info cardmgr[132]: starting, version is 3.1.26
Jul 9 11:01:14 slackware daemon.err cardmgr[132]: no pcmcia driver in /proc/devices
As far as I understand PCMCIA modules doesn't recognize PCMCIA controller.
Recently I have been disappointed by line "PCI: No PCI bus detected" while booting. May be this is an issue?
I think the i82365 module may need to be loaded with "wakeup=1". It isn't clear to me if you've already installed linux on this system, or if you are trying to install it using a PCMCIA card?
Few 486 based systems had PCI support. I don't think this is an issue here since I think your system would have an ISA-to-PCMCIA bridge.
-- Dave