SuSE Linux: Versions since 7.1
Kernel: Versions since 2.4.0
PCMCIA: Version 3.1.22-
i82365
,
you find an error message similar to the following in /var/log/messages
:
Jun 10 14:50:58 linux kernel: Bad bridge mapping at 0x13ff0000!This can happen with notebooks (or computers with PCMCIA card reader/adapter) with more than 256 MB of main memory.
'mem'
at the boot prompt:
boot: linux mem=xxxM"xxx" being the size of the notebook's memory. If this works, enter the parameter permanently in
/etc/lilo.conf
(or follow the corresponding procedure for other boot loaders):
append="mem=xxxM"Restart lilo:
liloWe experienced one case where the IRQ list for PCMCIA had to be limited and IRQ 3 (used by von IrDA) had to be excluded. Therefore, if the error message 'Bad bridge mapping' persists despite 'mem=', try to exclude all IRQs used by ISA devices by means of an entry similar to the following in
/etc/rc.config
:
PCMCIA_PCIC_OPTS="irq_list=9,10,11"Then start PCMCIA with:
rcpcmcia startKeywords: PCMCIA, NOTEBOOK, LAPTOP, DELL, BADBRIDGEMAPPING, MEM, RAM, CARDREADER
SDB-pcmcia_dell-mem_72
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