Linux PCMCIA HOWTO

David Hinds, dahinds@users.sourceforge.net.

1. General information and hardware requirements

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Copyright notice and disclaimer
• 1.3 What is the latest version, and where can I get it?
• 1.4 What systems are supported?
• 1.5 What cards are supported?
• 1.6 When will my favorite (unsupported) card become supported?
• 1.7 Mailing lists and other information sources
• 1.8 Prerequisites and kernel setup
• 1.9 Kernel PCMCIA support
• 1.10 Installation
• 1.11 Startup options
• 1.12 System resource settings
• 1.13 Notes about specific Linux distributions

2. Resolving installation and configuration problems

• 2.1 Base PCMCIA kernel modules do not load
• 2.2 Some client driver modules do not load
• 2.3 ISA interrupt scan failures
• 2.4 IO port scan failures
• 2.5 Memory probe failures
• 2.6 Failure to detect card insertions and removals
• 2.7 Interrupt delivery problems
• 2.8 System resource starvation
• 2.9 Resource conflict only with two cards inserted
• 2.10 Device configuration does not complete

3. Usage and features

• 3.1 Tools for configuring and monitoring PCMCIA devices
• 3.2 Overview of the PCMCIA configuration scripts
• 3.3 PCMCIA network adapters
• 3.4 PCMCIA serial and modem devices
• 3.5 PCMCIA parallel port devices
• 3.6 PCMCIA SCSI adapters
• 3.7 PCMCIA memory cards
• 3.8 PCMCIA ATA/IDE card drives
• 3.9 Multifunction cards

4. Advanced topics

• 4.1 Resource allocation for PCMCIA devices
• 4.2 PCI interrupt configuration problems and solutions
• 4.3 How can I have separate device setups for home and work?
• 4.4 Booting from a PCMCIA device

5. Dealing with unsupported cards

• 5.1 Configuring unrecognized cards
• 5.2 Adding support for an NE2000-compatible ethernet card
• 5.3 PCMCIA floppy interface cards

6. Debugging tips and programming information

• 6.1 Submitting useful problem reports
• 6.2 Interpreting kernel trap reports
• 6.3 Low level PCMCIA debugging aids
• 6.4 /proc/bus/pccard
• 6.5 Writing Card Services drivers for new cards
• 6.6 Guidelines for PCMCIA client driver authors
• 6.7 Guidelines for Linux distribution maintainers