RE: [iPAQ] iPAQ H3870 Dual boot fbdev and pcmcia problems

From: Christian, Andrew <Andrew.Christian.a.t.hp.com>
Date: Tue May 28 2002 - 09:15:00 EDT

Thanks for pointing out the CONFIG bug - that line should have been

#ifdef CONFIG_SA1100_H3XXX.

I've fixed it in CVS.

Did you load the h3600_asic.o module?

        - Andrew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Garth Berry [mailto:gberry@securenet.com.au]
> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 3:00 AM
> To: ipaq@handhelds.org
> Subject: [iPAQ] iPAQ H3870 Dual boot fbdev and pcmcia problems
>
>
> G'Day,
>
> I have managed to install intimate Linux on a H3870 with dual
> sleeve booting from a 5GB Toshiba PCMCIA Drive. I have built
> a custom kernel using 2.4.18 source patched with rmk6. If I
> define the SA11x0 implementation
> as a "Compaq iPAQ H3600/H3700" only I am able to boot from
> the IDE drive in either of the Sleeve slots. However I do not
> get anything on the iPAQ display at all. Once booted the
> Xfbdev process is there which seems to indicate that the fb
> device was initialised to some extent.
> If I compile the Kernel with "Compaq iPAQ H3800" support I
> get a nice Tux logo on the display but the sa1100_cs module
> no longer loads exiting with the error message:
>
> "This hardware is not supported by the SA1100 Card Service driver"
>
> I added a few lines to sa1100_generic.c:
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SA1100_H3800
> if (machine_is_h3800())
> pcmcia_low_level = &h3600_pcmcia_ops;
> #endif
>
> The module then loads but cardmgr fails to detect any cards.
>
> The second slot of the Sleeve also seems to be unuseable with
> the device (pcnet or wireless card) consistently being
> detected as "Anonymous Memory". The PCMCIA-HOWTO seems to
> indicate that this is a memory probe failure or a timing
> issue...... The sa1100_cs module doesn't seem to accept any
> parameters so I couldn't adjust the timing
> using that method. I went with the default intimate
> config.opts file that defines quite a few
> io ports and memory mappings.......I was unable to track down
> any specific values for the iPAQ.
>
> If anyone has any ideas regarding these issues help would be
> greatly appreciated!
>
> Thankyou
>
> Garth
>
>
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