gigabit ethernet pcmcia not detected

[tom_adams]

I am running Centos4 2.6.9-42.0.3.EL on an HP laptop (model# zv5466cl). Kudzu/lspci does not detect a Netgear (GA511) Gigabit cardbus pcmcia ethernet card. I do not have clue about how to handle this problem. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

The info below shows lspci and cardctl output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Host Bridge (rev a4)
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Capabilities: [44] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface
Capabilities: [c0] AGP version 2.0

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 LPC Bridge (rev a6)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c80
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce3 SMBus (rev a4)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 006d
Flags: 66Mhz, fast devsel, IRQ 177
I/O ports at 2040 [size=64]
I/O ports at 2000 [size=64]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 1.1 (rev a5) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c80
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 185
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 1.1 (rev a5) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c80
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 193
Memory at e0001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 2.0 (rev a2) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c80
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 177
Memory at e0004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Audio (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 006d
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 185
I/O ports at 1400 [size=256]
I/O ports at 1c00 [size=128]
Memory at e0002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:06.1 Modem: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Audio (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 006d
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 193
I/O ports at 1800 [size=256]
I/O ports at 1c80 [size=128]
Memory at e0003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce3 IDE (rev a5) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c80
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
I/O ports at 2080 [size=16]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 PCI Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=128
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00007fff
Memory behind bridge: e0100000-e17fffff

00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 AGP Bridge (rev a4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 16
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=10
Memory behind bridge: e2000000-e2ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-f80fffff

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: [80] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
Flags: fast devsel

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 420 Go 32M] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 006d
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 225
Memory at e2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=512K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0

02:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 006d
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 201
Memory at e0108000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at e0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 209
I/O ports at 7000 [size=256]
Memory at e0108800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

02:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 12f8
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 217
Memory at e0104000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]

02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 006d
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 201
Memory at e0106000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: e0200000-e03ff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: e0400000-e05ff000
I/O window 0: 00004000-000040ff
I/O window 1: 00004400-000044ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

02:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 006d
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 209
Memory at e0107000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=02, secondary=07, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: e1000000-e13ff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: e0c00000-e0fff000
I/O window 0: 00006000-00006fff
I/O window 1: 00005000-00005fff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

02:04.2 System peripheral: Texas Instruments PCI1620 Firmware Loading Function (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 006d
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
I/O ports at 7400 [size=64]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2


[root@linux1 Desktop]# cardctl status
Socket 0:
3.3V CardBus card
function 0: [ready]
Socket 1:
no card

[Dapper Dan]

hi tom_adams and welcome.

That card uses the Realtek chipset and should work just fine. I don't think the driver is getting loaded though. From the command line as root, and with the card plugged in, do:

/sbin/modprobe r8169

If no errors are returned, then proceed to attempt to configure. Stll as root, type:

system-config-network

Choose "New" then "Ethernet Connection" and see if your Realtek PCMCIA card is listed there. If it is, proceed to configure it accordingly. When finished just click on the "Activate" button and if we're lucky, you should be in business. Good luck!

EDIT: If it doesn't show up under "Ethernet Connection," try instead of r8169:

/sbin/modprobe 8139cp

/sbin/modprobe 8139too

...together. Then proceed to next steps above.

[tom_adams]

Thank you so much for the help.

I think my problem is that the PCMCIA Cardbus configuration on this HP laptop (zv5000 or more specifically zv5466cl) needs some adjustments so that the cardbus hardware is recognized.

I executed the following:
setpci -s 0:a.0 SUBORDINATE_BUS=0A
cardctl eject 0
cardctl insert 0

Now lspci shows the change to the PCI Bridge subordinate setting and the gigabit ethernet card (GA511) appears as a device.

00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 PCI Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=128
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00007fff
Memory behind bridge: e0100000-e17fffff

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
Subsystem: Netgear: Unknown device 5200
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 201
I/O ports at 4000 [size=256]
Memory at e0400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Expansion ROM at e0200000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

According to info posted at http://lists.pcxperience.com/piperma...er/004007.html there are a few more things to do, but I think I am headed in right direction.