I have a patch for my AC750 (the GSM/GPRS version of this card) that will 
likely work for that card too if I add the IDs.  It uses quirks -- should I 
commit my AC750 stuff?

--Michael

On Sunday 26 September 2004 02:52 pm, Charles M. Hannum wrote:
> On Sunday 26 September 2004 19:28, John Nemeth wrote:
> > pcmcia0: CIS version PC Card Standard 7.0
> > pcmcia0: CIS info: Sierra Wireless, AirCard 555, A555, Rev 1
> > pcmcia0: Manufacturer code 0x192, product 0xa555
> > pcmcia0: function 0: network adapter, ccr addr 700 mask 73
> > pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 1: I/O card; irq mask fff8;
> > iomask 6, iospace 0-3f; rdybsy_active io8 io16 irqlevel com2 at pcmcia0
> > function 0: <Sierra Wireless, AirCard 555, A555, Rev 1> com2: ns8250 or
> > ns16450, no fifo
>
> Hmmm, the large I/O range and the "network adapter" are kind of
> interesting. It's worth noting that the Linux instructions include a
> replacement CIS, which should parse more like:
>
>
>
> pcmcia0: CIS version PC Card Standard 7.0
> pcmcia0: CIS info: Sierra Wireless, AirCard 555, A555, Rev 1
> pcmcia0: Manufacturer code 0x13f, product 0x710
> pcmcia0: function 0: serial adapter, ccr addr 700 mask 73
> pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 32: I/O card; irq mask 3fbc; iomask
> 3, iospace 3f8-3ff; io8 irqlevel
> pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 33: I/O card; irq mask 3fbc; iomask
> 3, iospace 3e8-3ef; io8 irqlevel
> pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 34: I/O card; irq mask 3fbc; iomask
> 3, iospace 2f8-2ff; io8 irqlevel
> pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 35: I/O card; irq mask 3fbc; iomask
> 3, iospace 2e8-2ef; io8 irqlevel
> pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 36: I/O card; irq mask 3fbc; iomask
> 3, iospace 0-7; io8 irqlevel
>
> I'm guessing that bit 5 of the config index is actually what puts it into
> serial port emulation.  You should be able to add some stuff to
> pcmcia_cis_quirks.c to emulate this.
>
> (Oddly, the "last config index" value in the replacement CIS is wrong --
> but I don't think anything actually uses that.)