[TriLUG] card bus network card won't auto ifconfig

davis davis at skink.net
Wed Feb 4 09:55:00 EST 2004


Hello Again Andrew,

Unfortunately that didn't work.  But, fwiw here is my cat /proc/cmdline
vga=0x317 root=/dev/hda6 idebus=66 pci=assign-busses


JD

On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 09:35:22AM -0500, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> I don't know if this is the same problem I had, but with my thinkpad (a
> 240) CardBus cards don't work without a special kernel directive at boot
> time. You need to pass the parameter:
> 
> pci=assign-busses
> 
> There's more info and links about it heoe:
> http://www.unc.edu/home/aperrin/tips/src/tp240.html
> 
> I don't actually know that this is your problem, but the fact that it
> works with PCMCIA and not CardBus does suggest that.
> 
> ap
> 
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> 
> 
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