[ale] 3COM PROB - Continues - Help Please

[bwentdg at pipeline.com]

My problem with my 3COM problem continues, any help would be GREATLY
APPRECIATTED

Problem: System hangs during "boot" with new PCMCIA multi-function card.
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Background:
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-IBM ThinkPad 600
-Dual Booting Windows 5.2 and Macmillan RedHat 5.2 - new clean install
-Trying for almost a week to get a new 3com 3CXEM556B to work.
-Card installed great in WINDOWS, works perfectly, WINDOWS gave it IRQ 9,COM
3.

Things tried so far:
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-Re-Install of RedHat
- edited "/etc/pcmcia/config.opts" to add "exclude irq 3, irq 5, irq 7, irq
12, irq 15"
       - This was to force it to use IRQ 9 which was the only left and whic
it was not picking up
         otherwise.
      - This seemed to help, system still hung, but if I popped the card out
so it would continue to "boot"
         I could "cat /proc/interrupts" after "boot" was complete and it
looked like card was getting the
         IRQ 9.
-Booted with card out then inserted card.
      - No Joy, system did not detect card insert
-Booted with card out, put card it, entered "cardctl insert"
      -This locked the system up solid. But I could "pop" the card out and
it would respond. Put back in, it would lock up.



Additional Info
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       Boot Message When Card Is In And Hangs
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Jan 18 13:51:27 localhost kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.0.5
Jan 18 13:51:27 localhost kernel:   kernel build: 2.0.36 unknown
Jan 18 13:51:27 localhost kernel:   options:  [pci] [cardbus]
Jan 18 13:51:27 localhost kernel: Intel PCIC probe:
Jan 18 13:51:27 localhost kernel:   TI 1250A CardBus at mem 0x21301000, 2
sockets
Jan 18 13:51:27 localhost kernel:     host opts [0]: [ring] [pwr save] [isa
irq] [no pci irq] [lat 168/176] [bus 1/3]
Jan 18 13:51:27 localhost kernel:     host opts [1]: [ring] [pwr save] [isa
irq] [no pci irq] [lat 168/176] [bus 4/6]
Jan 18 13:51:27 localhost kernel:     ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,7,9,10 status
change on irq 10
Jan 18 13:51:28 localhost cardmgr[195]: starting, version is 3.0.5
Jan 18 13:51:28 localhost cardmgr[195]: watching 2 sockets
Jan 18 13:51:28 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x1000-0x17ff: excluding
0x15e8-0x15ef
Jan 18 13:51:28 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding
0x130-0x137 0x200-0x207 0x220-0x22f 0x388-0x38f 0x3b8-0x3df 0x4d0-0x4d7
Jan 18 13:51:28 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
Jan 18 13:51:28 localhost cardmgr[195]: initializing socket 1
Jan 18 13:51:28 localhost kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff:
clean.
Jan 18 13:51:28 localhost cardmgr[195]: socket 1: 3Com/Megahertz 3CXEM556
Ethernet/Modem
Jan 18 13:51:28 localhost cardmgr[195]: could not open 'cis/3CXEM556.dat':
No such file or directory
Jan 18 13:51:28 localhost cardmgr[195]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/preferred/pcmcia/3c589_cs.o'
Jan 18 13:51:28 localhost cardmgr[195]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/preferred/pcmcia/serial_cs.o'
Jan 18 13:51:28 localhost kernel: eth0: 3Com 3c589, port 0x300, irq 3, Auto
port, hw_addr 00:00:86:1E:43:CD
Jan 18 13:51:28 localhost kernel: serial_cs: RequestIO: No more items
Jan 18 13:51:29 localhost cardmgr[195]: get dev info on socket 1 failed:
Resource temporarily unavailable


      "/proc/interrupts" - After system hangs during boot w/ card in, card
popped out, boot continues.
     ===============
0:       8724   timer
 1:        193   keyboard
 2:          0   cascade
 8:          1 + rtc
 9:          2   3c589_cs
10:          3   i82365
12:          0   PS/2 Mouse
13:          1   math error
14:       2621 + ide0
15:          0 + ide1



WINDOWS IRQ's
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IRQS - In WINDOWS

01 - system Timer
02 - Keyboard
03 - Digital Signal Processor
04 - Communications Port(COM1)
05 - Crystal PnP Audio
06 - Floppy COntroller
07 - Printer Port LPT1
08 - System CMOS/real time clock
09 - 3com Megahertz LAN + 56 Modem PC Card (B) (Ethernet Interface)
09 - 3com Megahertz LAN + 56 Modem PC Card (B) (Modem Interface)
09 - 3com Megahertz LAN + 56 Modem PC Card (B)
10 - ThinkPad DSP
11 - IRQ Place Holder for PCI steering
11 - Texas Insturments PCI-1250 Carbus Controller
11 - Texas Insturments PCI-1250 Carbus Controller
11 - IRQ Place Holder for PCI steering
11 - IRQ Place Holder for PCI steering
11 - Intel 82371AB PCI to USB Host Controller
11 - NeoMagic MagicGraph 128XD
12 - PS/2 TrackPoint
13 - Numeric data processor
14 - Standard Bus Mastering IDE Hard Controller
15 - Standard Bus Mastering IDE Hard Controller