Subject: Re: pcmcia problems with Thinkpad 560 and 3c589
To: Robert V. Baron <rvb@gluck.coda.cs.cmu.edu>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/30/1998 17:05:56
If you are _ever_ anywhere near my vicinity please consider
yourself due a large container of your preferred beverage!
My '560 (*) is perfectly happy with the sb change and the three
added lines. I'm going to work out exactly how much is
needed when I get a chance...
Thanks again!
(*) I _thought_ it was a 560E, but the 560E 'System Program
Service' disk chokes on it while the 560 disk works fine,
so I guess its a plain 560 :)
David/absolute
-- "Its hard to say it... I hate to say it... but its probably me..." --
On 25 Mar 1998, Robert V. Baron wrote:
>
> I have a 701C runing a 3c589 (b or c) with 1.3 (I think it was
> necessary to tweak the port space and irq space that you use to get it
> to work.) On the otherhand, I also have a new 3c562 in a 560X. I
> don't think the card started to work till 1.3D (and I'm not 100% sure
> if the modem function works.)
>
> One thing that worries me is what irq's are being used. Using irq 3
> for pcic is a BAD idea. It is for modems and the hardware may not
> be passing that interrupt if it feels that there is a modem device
> there. Secondly, you are using irq 7 for the sb. I'm guessing that
> this is wrong and you should use irq 5 (You have a 560E but I'll
> bet that you also use irq 5). So my best guess is that you are using
> irq 5 (since it is the lowest irq not spoken for) for the ep. This
> won't work because the hardware thinks that the sb uses irq 5 and
> won't pass it. Definitely try:
> options PCIC_ISA_INTR_ALLOC_MASK=0x8600
>
> and possibly:
> #options PCIC_ISA_ALLOC_IOBASE=0x2a0
> #options PCIC_ISA_ALLOC_IOSIZE=0x060
>
> in your config file.
>
> I can do some more experiments when I get in to work.
>