[PLUG] Disappearing network interface

[Steven A. Adams]

On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 09:01, Rich Shepard wrote:
> Steve, et al.:
> 
>   The pcnet_cs module is in /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia. The process, /sbin/cardmgr,
> is in the list waiting to be run. 'lsmod' shows pcmcia_core is loaded.
> 'find' doesn't find pcnet_cs.
> 
>   I seem to be stuck in a deep rut here. If pcnet_cs is listed in
> /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia, shouldn't it be loaded if a card requiring that module
> is in the slot? I did try '/etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia stop' followed by 'start'
> with no different results.
> 
>   When I read 'dmesg' I see that the card is properly detected, then
> cardservices are unloaded:
> 
> 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.26
> 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.26
> scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
> Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
>   options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
> isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
> isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
> Intel PCIC probe: not found.
> Databook TCIC-2 PCMCIA probe: not found.
> PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:02.0
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:06.0
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 01:00.0
> PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:02.1
> Yenta IRQ list 0618, PCI irq11
> Socket status: 30000006
> Yenta IRQ list 0618, PCI irq11
> Socket status: 30000006
> cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
> cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: clean.
> cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x130-0x137 0x170-0x177 0x200-0x207 0x220-0x22f 0x370-0x37f 0x388-0x38f 0x3b8-0x3df 0x4d0-0x4d7
> cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
> cs: cb_alloc(bus 2): vendor 0x10ec, device 0x8139
> PCI: Enabling device 02:00.0 (0000 -> 0003)
> ... (a bunch of USB stuff)
> unloading Kernel Card Services
> Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
>   options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
> ... (the above repeats)
> 

Does the alias line for pcmcia (in /etc/modules.conf) have an option
entry line associated with it? You might add one with the option cardbus
if it doesn't already exist. Also, in prior years there were issues with
pcmcia in laptops not keeping up with the specification as quickly as
the cards were. Take a look at the BIOS revision of the laptop and make
sure it supports the cardbus revision of the NIC that your using.