Re: A1200 PCMCIA problem

[Jukka Andberg <jandberg%welho.com@localhost>]

Frank Wille wrote:
> > > just added these lines at line 210:
> > >                 gayle_intr_ack(0xff);
> > >                 delay(500);
> > >                 gayle_intr_ack(0xfc);
> > > 
> > > Can you try to move them below the old reset method, after
> > > gayle_pcmcia_status_write() in line 218, and test if it works better for
> > > you?
> > 
> > Unfortunately it does not make a difference. Still the same error on
> > booting.
> 
> And removing those three lines makes it work again?

Right. Though I noticed something interesting. If I first do a cold boot with a kernel with those lines in their original place, and then boot a kernel without those lines, the card is properly detected! Previously it was always necessary to reconnect the card after cold boot, and afterwards it would work for following warm reboots. So the fix actually does have some positive effect.

Also I found another network card to test with (a DFE-670TXD, the other one was a DE-660+). 
It works better. With your fix it fails to detect on cold boot, but works after the next reboot. Without the fix this one also would need to be reconnected one time after cold boot to work at all.

--jukka