New kernel really solved the problem 

Forum: PCMCIA Installation and Configuration Issues
Re: Sony VAIO F-409: Bridge register mapping failed: check cb_mem_base (Serge Wagener)
Re: This is a kernel PCI bug (David Hinds)
Date: 2000, Aug 17
From: Serge Wagener Foxi

Thanks ! I now have test7-pre4 with 2.1.20 11 Jul and everything works fine ! (except that it complains that the card uses a strange interrupt 7 or something like that, but as long as it works ... ;-) ) Thanks again, Serge

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