SMC 2632W 802.11b pcmcia card

I dug up one of these... And I'd like to get it working with my laptop,
which runs a 2.6.18 kernel.

AFIACT it uses a prism2 chipset, so it should be supported, but it is
identified as anonymous memory. I've googled about, but there doesn't
seem to be too much on this anywhere:

Oct 12 07:25:42 argo kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff:
clean.

Oct 12 07:25:42 argo kernel: pcmcia: registering new device
pcmcia1.0

Oct 12 07:25:42 argo cardmgr[2707]: socket 1: Anonymous Memory

Oct 12 07:25:42 argo kernel: 2.6. kernels use pcmciamtd instead of
memory_cs.c and do not require special

Oct 12 07:25:42 argo kernel: MTD handling any more.

Oct 12 07:25:43 argo cardmgr[2707]: executing: 'modprobe memory_cs 2>&1'

Oct 12 07:25:43 argo cardmgr[2707]: + FATAL: Module memory_cs not found.

Oct 12 07:25:43 argo cardmgr[2707]: modprobe exited with status 1

Oct 12 07:25:43 argo cardmgr[2707]: module
/lib/modules/2.6.18ys/pcmcia/memory_cs.o not available

Oct 12 07:25:43 argo cardmgr[2707]: bind 'memory_cs' to socket 1 failed:
Invalid argument

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On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:31:31 -0700, Yan Seiner staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
> I dug up [a SMC 2632W 802.11b pcmcia card] and I'd like to get it
> working with my laptop, which runs a 2.6.18 kernel. AFIACT it uses a
> prism2 chipset, so it should be supported, but it is identified as
> anonymous memory.
>
> kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
> kernel: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia1.0
> cardmgr[2707]: socket 1: Anonymous Memory
> cardmgr[2707]: executing: 'modprobe memory_cs 2>&1'
> cardmgr[2707]: + FATAL: Module memory_cs not found.

This shouldn't be happening if the card's an 802.11 card. Which version
of pcmcia-cs are you running? Has yenta_socket been modprobed? Is
there anything else weird in the output from dmesg that relates to the
PCMCIA subsystem? Do other PCMCIA devices work properly?

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Yan Seiner wrote:

> I dug up one of these... And I'd like to get it working with my laptop,
> which runs a 2.6.18 kernel.
>
> AFIACT it uses a prism2 chipset,

According to http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_p...?brandname=SMC there
are also variants of the 2632W with atmel chipset.

Yan Seiner wrote:
> I dug up one of these... And I'd like to get it working with my laptop,
> which runs a 2.6.18 kernel.
>
> AFIACT it uses a prism2 chipset, so it should be supported, but it is
> identified as anonymous memory. I've googled about, but there doesn't
> seem to be too much on this anywhere:
>
> Oct 12 07:25:42 argo kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff:
> clean.
>
> Oct 12 07:25:42 argo kernel: pcmcia: registering new device
> pcmcia1.0
>
> Oct 12 07:25:42 argo cardmgr[2707]: socket 1: Anonymous Memory
>
> Oct 12 07:25:42 argo kernel: 2.6. kernels use pcmciamtd instead of
> memory_cs.c and do not require special
>
> Oct 12 07:25:42 argo kernel: MTD handling any more.
>
> Oct 12 07:25:43 argo cardmgr[2707]: executing: 'modprobe memory_cs 2>&1'
>
> Oct 12 07:25:43 argo cardmgr[2707]: + FATAL: Module memory_cs not found.
>
> Oct 12 07:25:43 argo cardmgr[2707]: modprobe exited with status 1
>
> Oct 12 07:25:43 argo cardmgr[2707]: module
> /lib/modules/2.6.18ys/pcmcia/memory_cs.o not available
>
> Oct 12 07:25:43 argo cardmgr[2707]: bind 'memory_cs' to socket 1 failed:
> Invalid argument

The error codes hint thet you're running a 2.6 kernel with
PCMCIA card tools of version 2.4. Please upgrade.

This is one of the WLAN cards where the (!#"%&!!) manufacturer
has produced cards with many different chipsets without changing
the product type. Look at the version of the card type.

IIRC, my SMC 2632W has an Atmel chipset - you could try it.

HTH

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Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio (at) iki fi

Tauno Voipio wrote:

> The error codes hint thet you're running a 2.6 kernel with
> PCMCIA card tools of version 2.4. Please upgrade.

Yup, following up on DwC's post, I checked and found that I in fact had
both pcmcia-cs and pcmciautils installed.... Perhaps a screwup of Debian
Etch repositories or the price of being on the semi-leading edge, I
don't know....

Anyway, I removed pcmcia-cs and rebooted the machine to make sure
everything was cleared out. But alas now the machine won't let me in,
so I have to wait until I get back to it... It answers pings but
refuses ssh connections. (Weird; it should be using the hardwired eth0...)

>
> This is one of the WLAN cards where the (!#"%&!!) manufacturer
> has produced cards with many different chipsets without changing
> the product type. Look at the version of the card type.
>
> IIRC, my SMC 2632W has an Atmel chipset - you could try it.

OK, I'll check it out once I get back in front of the machine....

CptDondo wrote:
> Tauno Voipio wrote:
>
>> The error codes hint thet you're running a 2.6 kernel with
>> PCMCIA card tools of version 2.4. Please upgrade.
>
> Anyway, I removed pcmcia-cs and rebooted the machine to make sure
> everything was cleared out. But alas now the machine won't let me in,
> so I have to wait until I get back to it... It answers pings but
> refuses ssh connections. (Weird; it should be using the hardwired eth0...)

OK, I got the card working.... Something must have been hosed in the
pcmcia subsystem... It took a remove and reinstall of pcmcia-cs to get
it working.

It turns out that the card won't do WEP.... ARGH!

Anyone know of a PCMCIA (not cardbus) 802.11b card that will work on
channel 14 (japan) and is available in the US?

--Yan

CptDondo wrote:
> CptDondo wrote:
>
>> Tauno Voipio wrote:
>>
>>> The error codes hint thet you're running a 2.6 kernel with
>>> PCMCIA card tools of version 2.4. Please upgrade.
>>
>>
>> Anyway, I removed pcmcia-cs and rebooted the machine to make sure
>> everything was cleared out. But alas now the machine won't let me in,
>> so I have to wait until I get back to it... It answers pings but
>> refuses ssh connections. (Weird; it should be using the hardwired
>> eth0...)
>
>
> OK, I got the card working.... Something must have been hosed in the
> pcmcia subsystem... It took a remove and reinstall of pcmcia-cs to get
> it working.
>
> It turns out that the card won't do WEP.... ARGH!
>
> Anyone know of a PCMCIA (not cardbus) 802.11b card that will work on
> channel 14 (japan) and is available in the US?
>
> --Yan

It does run WEP, but not WPA.

Sorry, I cannot check the setup anymore, the computer I
had it on (an old IBM A21p) broke irreparably (CPU cooler
mechanically foobar).

--

Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio (at) iki fi

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On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:46:30 GMT, Tauno Voipio staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
[snippage]
> Sorry, I cannot check the setup anymore, the computer I had it on (an
> old IBM A21p) broke irreparably (CPU cooler mechanically foobar).

Um. If this machine is anything like the A22p I had, replacing the CPU
fan is a 15-minute job requiring only a screwdriver and your hands as
described in the IBM FRU manual. If the IBM Field Circus can perform a
procedure like that, a seasoned Linux user should have no problems.
Spare parts for Thinkpads used to be available at ibm-spare-parts.com ,
but not anymore--I think google://"thinkpad spare parts" may provide
useful results.

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