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PCMCIA floppy interface cards

The PCMCIA floppy interface used in the Compaq Aero and a few otherlaptops is not yet

supported by this package. The snag in supportingthe Aero floppy is that the Aero seems to

use a customizedPCMCIA controller to support DMA to the floppy. Withoutknowing exactly

how this is done, there isn't any way to implementsupport under Linux.

If the floppy adapter card is present when an Aero is booted, the AeroBIOS will configure the

card, and Linux will identify it as a normalfloppy drive. When the Linux PCMCIA drivers are

loaded, they willnotice that the card is already configured and attached to a Linuxdriver, and

this socket will be left alone. So, the drive can be usedif it is present at boot time, but the

card is not hot swappable.

Debugging tips and programming information

Submitting useful problem reports

The best way to submit reports is to use the online pcmcia-cs forumsor the bug tracker at

SourceForge. That way, other people can seecurrent problems (and fixes or workarounds, if

available). Here aresome things that should be included in all bug reports:

Your system brand and model.

All PCMCIA card(s) you are using.

Your Linux kernel version (i.e., ``uname -rv''), and PCMCIAdriver version (i.e., ``cardctl

-V'').

Output of 'lspci -v'

Any changes you have made to the startup files in/etc/pcmcia, or to the PCMCIA startup

script.

All PCMCIA-related messages in your system log file. Thatincludes startup messages,

and messages generated when yourcards are configured.

All the PCMCIA modules and the cardmgr daemon send statusmessages to the system log.

These will usually end up somewhere like/var/log/messages or /var/log/daemon.log.

Thesefiles should be the first place to look when tracking down a problem.When submitting a

bug report, always include the relevant contents ofthese files. If you are having trouble

finding your system messages,check /etc/syslog.conf to see how different classes

ofmessages are handled.

Before submitting a bug report, please check to make sure that you areusing an up-to-date

copy of the driver package. While it is somewhatgratifying to read bug reports for things I've

already fixed, it isn'ta particularly constructive use of my time.

If you do not have web access, bug reports can be sent to me

[email protected]. However, I prefer thatbug reports be posted to the

pcmcia-cs SourceForge site, so that theycan be seen by others.

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