[arch-general] kernel-2.6.28 & pccard problem

[Rumen Yotov]

On (10/02/09 08:56) Rumen Yotov wrote:
> On (05/02/09 20:10) Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
> > On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:54:17 +0200
> > Румен <rumen at qrypto.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > Dieter Plaetinck написа:
> > > > On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 16:02:53 +0200
> > > > Rumen Yotov <rumen at qrypto.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >   
> > > >> Hi,
> > > >>
> > > >> Recently installed archlinux so this is my first email here.
> > > >> Can't configure the network (no eth0), dmesg gives me errors while
> > > >> initializing pccard services (a laptop with pcmcia lan card).
> > > >> A search in Bugzilla doen't result in something relevant
> > > >> (USB-issues mostly).
> > > >>     
> > > >
> > > > So, what's the error?
> > > >   
> > > Here comes the problem part:
> > > ...begin...
> > > Modules linked in: pcmcia(+) snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq 
> > > snd_via82xx(+) gameport snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_ac97_codec 
> > > i2c_viapro ppdev uhci_hcd ac97_bus snd_mpu401_uart ppp_generic slhc 
> > > yenta_socket lp snd_pcm ehci_hcd snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device pcspkr 
> > > i2c_core rsrc_nonstatic snd_timer snd_page_alloc snd psmouse
> > > serio_raw pcmcia_core soundcore usbcore via686a sr_mod cdrom sg video
> > > output parport_pc parport via_agp shpchp agpgart pci_hotplug thermal
> > > processor evdev fan button battery ac 8139too mii rtc_cmos rtc_core
> > > rtc_lib reiserfs sd_mod pata_acpi ata_generic pata_via libata scsi_mod
> > > 
> > > Pid: 991, comm: pccardd Not tainted (2.6.28-ARCH #1) J1
> > > EIP: 0060:[<c044dcd0>] EFLAGS: 00000246 CPU: 0
> > > EIP is at quirk_h12y_1_mmio+0x1/0x1f
> > > EAX: d6ab9400 EBX: c03cadc4 ECX: d6ab9440 EDX: d6ab9400
> > > ESI: c03cb114 EDI: d6ab9400 EBP: d70a5c00 ESP: d6babef4
> > >  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
> > > Process pccardd (pid: 991, ti=d6baa000 task=d7363400 task.ti=d6baa000)
> > > Stack:
> > >  c02192e3 d6ab9400 d70a5c00 d6ab9400 c0216aa9 00000200 00000000
> > > c031c5dc d6ab9426 c03b2d19 00000000 00000002 00000000 00000000
> > > 00000001 d70a5c20 d6ab9458 00000200 813910ec 00babf50 00000000
> > > 00000000 00000000 d70a5c00 Call Trace:
> > >  [<c02192e3>] pci_fixup_device+0x63/0xc0
> > >  [<c0216aa9>] pci_device_add+0x69/0xb0
> > >  [<c031c5dc>] pci_scan_single_device+0x35c/0x4f0
> > >  [<c0216b13>] pci_scan_slot+0x23/0x80
> > >  [<d82844ef>] cb_alloc+0x1f/0xd4 [pcmcia_core]
> > >  [<d8280854>] socket_insert+0x124/0x140 [pcmcia_core]
> > >  [<d8281202>] pccardd+0x202/0x290 [pcmcia_core]
> > >  [<d8281000>] pccardd+0x0/0x290 [pcmcia_core]
> > >  [<c0144159>] kthread+0x39/0x70
> > >  [<c0144120>] kthread+0x0/0x70
> > >  [<c0104d33>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x14
> > > Code: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc
> > > cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc
> > > <cc> cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc
> > > EIP: [<c044dcd0>] quirk_h12y_1_mmio+0x1/0x1f SS:ESP 0068:d6babef4
> > > ---[ end trace 273e510f7d531d65 ]---
> > > note: pccardd[991] exited with preempt_count 1
> > > ...end...
> > > The kernel is detecting 8139too, but no device is created.
> > > >   
> > > >> Thanks for any suggetions how to proceed.
> > > >> Rumen
> > > >> PS:plan to boot with another kernel (with net-support) but it's
> > > >> using hda instead of sda (fstab), but will try anyway.
> > > >>     
> > > Thanks, Rumen
> > > PS: Had the same problem (eventually) with kernel-2.6.27 (the one
> > > from archboot iso CD), but don't have any debug info.
> > 
> > 
> > I personally have no idea, but google gives me quite some hits on
> > 'pccard not tainted', maybe a kernel bug?
> > 
> > Dieter
> Hi Dieter,
> 
> Thanks and sorry for this delay in answering.
> Have some new info - booting with quite standalone kernel-2,6.25-r7
> solved the problem, so it's eventually a kernel Bug.
> Later will try 2.6.28-4 and report (2.6.28-3 doesn't work too).
> Rumen
Hi,

An update - newest kernel-2.6.28-4 doesn't work too.
Think this is something specific to my BIOS or other settings.
Custom kernel works Ok, closing this thread for now.
Thanks, Rumen