PCMCIA: Unsupported Card

Support knowledgebase (findeisen_pcmcia_structure04)
Applies to

PCMCIA

Symptom

You want to use a PCMCIA card but '/var/log/messages' produces the following output:
...
Jul 17 14:31:31 linux cardmgr[2216]: unsupported card in socket 1
Jul 17 14:31:31 linux cardmgr[2216]:   product info: "ARtem", "Onair", "Version 1.0", ""
Jul 17 14:31:31 linux cardmgr[2216]:   manfid: 0x0268, 0x0001  function: 6 (network)
However, according to the manufacturer or the article "PCMCIA: Is My PCMCIA Card Supported?" (http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/findeisen_pcmcia_structur02.html), the card is supported for sure.

Cause

An entry is missing in the file '/etc/pcmcia/config'.

Solution

Make the corresponding entry as shown in the example below:

The command cardctl ident produces the following output for this card (an 'ARtem Onair ComCard11 WaveLan'):
Socket 0:
  product info: "ARtem", "Onair", "Version 1.0", ""
  manfid: 0x0268, 0x0001
  function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
  no product info available
Now you need to know which driver must be used for this card (in the example, 'wvlan_cs'). A suitable entry could look like this:
card "ARtem Onair ComCard11"
  manfid 0x0268, 0x0001
  bind "wvlan_cs"
or this:
card "ARtem Onair ComCard11"
  version "ARtem", "Onair", "Version 1.0", ""
  bind "wvlan_cs"
The first line contains a comment describing the card (this entry can be written arbitrarily). The second line contains the manfid/manufacturer ID, which can be taken from the output of 'cardctl'. Alternatively, you can use a 'version' line with the output of 'product info'. The third line contains the corresponding driver.

Insert this entry in the section of the file 'config' that contains the other entries. Please note that the entry adopted will be the last suitable one and that all the '/etc/pcmcia/*.conf' files will be searched.
See also:
o Not Detected or Unsupported PCMCIA Card
o PCMCIA: Is My PCMCIA Card Supported?

Keywords: PCMCIA, UNSUPPORTED, ARTEM

Categories: Hardware

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