Question: Libretto strangeness 

Forum: PCMCIA on Toshiba laptops
Date: 2000, Aug 22
From: Jonathan Yuen jonayuen

Hello, I have a Toshiba Libretto 100 with a 'non-distribution' linux on it (it started on my home box and was cloned into the libretto). I just compiled kernel 2.2.16 with gcc 2.95.2 and libc6 (2.0.6). When I use the version 3.1.3 of the card services (what I had lying around from last year) it seems to work OK and identifies my 3com 3C562/563 ethernet-modem card just fine). When I use version 3.1.13 (which I just downloaded) it thinks the the ethernet/modem card is a memory card when I boot the machine, but after I eject and re-insert the card (either physically or using cardctl) it is OK again. I scanned this list and I didn't find any mention of this particular problem, and was wondering if anyone else had this happen, or what the solution might be. Jonathan

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More: correction and more info Re: Question: Libretto strangeness (Jonathan Yuen) Date: 2000, Aug 22 From: Jonathan Yuen jonayuen

Hello, Sorry about the missprint, but it is pcmcia-cs-3.1.19 that gives me strange behavior (misidentification of my 3C562D/563D card at boot time, but OK after card ejection and reinsertion). I found a copy of pcmcia-cs-3.1.8 lying around and it seems to be OK. Should I try every release in between to narrow down the version when this started to happen? Jonathan

It is a known bug, I'm afraid Re: Question: Libretto strangeness (Jonathan Yuen) Date: 2000, Aug 22 From: David Hinds <dhinds@pcmcia.sourceforge.org>

You may just need to deal with it. I spent a lot of time trying to come up with a startup sequence that worked reliably on a variety of Toshiba laptops, and I was unsuccessful. The sequence in the current drivers seemed to be most reliable on newer Toshiba laptops, but certain older ones that worked before now don't work right. So... for now, I'm afraid to mess with it, because I can't do enough testing on enough models. Only Toshiba laptops have these problems, and given that I can't get decent specs on these Toshiba bridge chips, it is no longer productive for me to fiddle with things randomly. -- Dave

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