Re: Seagate 4GB CF drive in pccard slot won't work

M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <441ED31B.6030500_at_centtech.com>
>             Eric Anderson <anderson_at_centtech.com> writes:
> : M. Warner Losh wrote:
> : > In message: <441EBC32.2070508_at_centtech.com>
> : >             Eric Anderson <anderson_at_centtech.com> writes:
> : > : Warner Losh wrote:
> : > : >> I'm running the latest 6.1-*, and inserting a cf->pccard reader with a 
> : > : >> 4GB seagate cf drive installed gives me these messages:
> : > : >>
> : > : >> cbb0: ready never happened, status = 0d
> : > : >> pcib3: pccard0 requested memory range 0xdfb00000-0xdfbfffff: good
> : > : >> pccard0: Card has no functions!
> : > : >> cbb0: PC Card card activation failed
> : > : >>     
> : > : >
> : > : > Something bad happened on the way to the forum...  Please set
> : > : > hw.cbb.debug=1 and hw.pccard.debug=1 and try again.
> : > : >   
> : > : 
> : > : Here's the latest snippet from /var/log/messages with those two set:
> : > : 
> : > : Mar 20 08:27:47 neutrino kernel: Status is 0x30001911
> : > : Mar 20 08:27:47 neutrino kernel: cbb0: card inserted: event=0x00000000, 
> : > : state=30001911
> : > : Mar 20 08:27:47 neutrino kernel: pccard0: chip_socket_enable
> : > : Mar 20 08:27:47 neutrino kernel: cbb_pcic_socket_enable:
> : > : Mar 20 08:27:47 neutrino kernel: cbb0: cbb_power: 2V
> : > : Mar 20 08:27:47 neutrino kernel: cbb0: ready never happened, status = 0d
> : > : Mar 20 08:27:47 neutrino kernel: pccard0: read_cis
> : > : Mar 20 08:27:47 neutrino kernel: pcib3: pccard0 requested memory range 
> : > : 0xdfb00000-0xdfbfffff: good
> : > : Mar 20 08:27:47 neutrino kernel: pccard0: check_cis_quirks
> : > : Mar 20 08:27:47 neutrino kernel: pccard0: Card has no functions!
> : > : Mar 20 08:27:47 neutrino kernel: cbb0: PC Card card activation failed
> : > : 
> : > : 
> : > : Anything else I can provide?
> : > : 
> : > : Also - when inserting this card in the slot, my system freezes for about 
> : > : 5-6 seconds.
> : >
> : > hw.pccard.cis_debug=1 may help.
> : >
> : > The 2V cbb power looks very wrong, however...
> : >
> : > Warner
> : >   
> : 
> : Here's what I get with that enabled:
> : 
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: Status is 0x30001911
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: cbb0: card inserted: event=0x00000000, 
> : state=30001911
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: pccard0: chip_socket_enable
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: cbb_pcic_socket_enable:
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: cbb0: cbb_power: 2V
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: cbb0: ready never happened, status = 0d
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: pccard0: read_cis
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: pcib3: pccard0 requested memory range 
> : 0xdfb00000-0xdfbfffff: good
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: cis mem map 0xe7642000 (resource: 
> : 0xdfb10000)
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: pccard0: CIS tuple chain:
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: CISTPL_END
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: ff
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: cis mem map e7642000
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: CISTPL_LINKTARGET expected, code ff 
> : observed
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: pccard0: check_cis_quirks
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: pccard0: Card has no functions!
> : Mar 20 10:06:16 neutrino kernel: cbb0: PC Card card activation failed
> : 
> : 
> : Thanks for the quick reply!
>
> Based on what you've provided, here's my current theory of the crime:
>
> (1) The card is inserted.
> (2) The bridge somehow thinks it is a X.X V card.  It reports this as
>     2V in the dmesg because I arbitarily assigned numbers to X and Y.
> (3) There's two ways this can happen.  One: is that new cards have been
>     released that implement this standard and your bridge is detecting
>     it, but either the card or bridge fails to implement it
>     correctly.  Two: There is a problem with the bridge's memory
>     allocation, so the cbb driver is really talking to something
>     else.  Three: the bridge has a bug in detecting X.X V cards and
>     they should be ignored.
>
> I'm guessing 'Three' is most likely.  How's your hacking skills?
>   

:) well, I'm really good at breaking things.   Point in the direction, 
and I'll start looking. 



Eric



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Eric Anderson        Sr. Systems Administrator        Centaur Technology
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