[Prism54-users] prism on laptop
Mike Gabriel
mgabriel@ecology.uni-kiel.de
Wed, 10 Mar 2004 07:00:01 +0100
hi there,
On Wednesday 10 March 2004 03:12, Pradeep Victor wrote:
> This is what my var/log/messages say
>
> Mar 10 11:09:20 pradeep_linux_lap kernel: Loaded prism54 driver, version
> 1.0.2.2
> Mar 10 11:09:20 pradeep_linux_lap kernel: PCI: No IRQ known for
> interrupt pin A of device 02:00.0. Please try using pci=3Dbiosirq.
>
> Btw: The card has a label saying its prism duette.
>
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pci=3Dbiosirq=20
and maybe even more important
pci=3Dassign-busses
as a kernel boot-parameter. cf.
http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.1
as i suppose that your wifi card is a carbus-type-card, the the first porti=
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of your device number (02:00.0) should differ from the device number' first=
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portion of your cardbus-controller. to me it seems that your controller and=
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your card do something like share the same id...
in my case the cardbus-controller (something from RICOH, as i recall -=20
notebook is off right now) has the device id 02:00.0 and the card gets=20
03:00.0 or 05:00.0 depending on the cardbus slot i stuck it in.
if this is not the case an irq will not be assigned properly for your card.=
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try pci=3Dassig-busses. the whole issue is solved in kernel-2.6.x.
i had this problem (which was a general cardbus problem) on an asus l3c=20
notebook...
mike
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