PCMCIA Fujitsnīt start on a Siemens Lifebook XSeries

Support knowledgebase (pcmcia_install_siemens-fujitsu)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions 7.1 to 7.2
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PCMCIA: Version -3.1.25

Symptom

You have a new Fujitsu Siemens FSC Notebook (e.g. Lifebook XSeries) and you installed SuSE Linux on it. The PCMCIA package was installed likewise, nevertheless the PCMCIA system does not start. The command "probe" is not able to find a cardbus brigde:
linux:~ # probe
PCI bridge probe: not found.
Intel PCIC probe: not found.
Databook TCIC-2 probe: not found.

Cause

The used 'O2Micro' chipset OZ6933 is too new and therefore not recognized actually.

lspci -v shows the list below:
...
02:0a.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Citicorp TTI: Unknown device 10e6
        Flags: bus master, stepping, slow devsel, latency 168, IRQ 9
        Memory at f0101000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=176
        I/O window 0: 00000000-00000003
        I/O window 1: 00000000-00000003
        16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

02:0a.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Citicorp TTI: Unknown device 10e6
        Flags: bus master, stepping, slow devsel, latency 168, IRQ 9
        Memory at f0102000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Bus: primary=02, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=176
        I/O window 0: 00000000-00000003
        I/O window 1: 00000000-00000003
        16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 

Solution

Please enter the line mentioned below into file '/etc/rc.config' (in case of SuSE Linux 7.1 or rendered versions the line is already included ), most suitable below the other PCMCIA options, approx. line 702:
PCMCIA="i82365"
and also check if the following entry is set to "yes":
START_PCMCIA="yes"
to boot the PCMCIA system automatically during the boot process.

Afterwards start the PCMCIA system by the use of the command:
rcpcmcia start

Keywords: PCMCIA, NOTEBOOK, LAPTOP, FUJITSU, SIEMENS, FSC, LIFEBOOK, O2MICRO, OZ6933

Categories: Hardware

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