Hi, I''ve just started experimenting with Xen. I have a cardbus PCI adapter, with a prism54 cardbus WIFI card in it. Using xen-2.0.[67], the domain0 kernel finds the cardbus adapter (yenta), but not the prism54 card. Using (nearly) the same kernel (2.6.11 instead of xen''s patched 2.6.11-10), the prism54 card will be found. I''ve searched the archives, and found a few old posts from 12-2004 about cardbus cards not being found due to the way the PCI bus was handled. Judging from a quick glance at the current code, this should no longer be the case. Is it correct that this card will not work with xen-2.0.x? Does it work with my adapter in testing/unstable? Or should I be looking at something else first? Bram -- He who laughs last, thinks slowest. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> I have a cardbus PCI adapter, with a prism54 cardbus WIFI card in it. > Using xen-2.0.[67], the domain0 kernel finds the cardbus adapter > (yenta), but not the prism54 card. Using (nearly) the same kernel > (2.6.11 instead of xen''s patched 2.6.11-10), the prism54 card will be found. > > I''ve searched the archives, and found a few old posts from 12-2004 about > cardbus cards not being found due to the way the PCI bus was handled. > Judging from a quick glance at the current code, this should no longer be > the case. > > Is it correct that this card will not work with xen-2.0.x? Does it work > with my adapter in testing/unstable? Or should I be looking at something > else first? >No one? Basically, all I need to know is, if the yenta pci-to-cardbus bridge + prism54 card *should* work in xen-2.0.X. If so, I''ll spend some more time finding out what could be the problem. If not, then I won''t have to spend lots of time trying to isolate the cause in vain. Bram -- A day without sunshine is like ... night. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> > I have a cardbus PCI adapter, with a prism54 cardbus WIFI card in > > it. Using xen-2.0.[67], the domain0 kernel finds the cardbus adapter > > (yenta), but not the prism54 card. Using (nearly) the same kernel > > (2.6.11 instead of xen''s patched 2.6.11-10), the prism54 card will > > be found.> No one? Basically, all I need to know is, if the yenta pci-to-cardbus > bridge + prism54 card *should* work in xen-2.0.X. If so, I''ll spend > some more time finding out what could be the problem. If not, then I > won''t have to spend lots of time trying to isolate the cause in vain.If no one''s replied by now, that probably means you''re the first to try it, which in turn means we don''t know whether it should work or not. Some drivers do kooky things that they shouldn''t do and that cause them to break under Xen without modification, but without trying them out we don''t know. As you may have noticed, laptops do not form a large fraction of Xen''s deployment base, so there are fewer users to shout up when things go wrong. Perhaps try unstable? If that doesn''t help, one of the devs more familiar with that end of the code might be able to help you find out what''s going on. So the short answer is that everything *should* work, but as we know, that isn''t always the case.> A day without sunshine is like ... night.A city by night is like a city by day, only darker. -- ,^--^. ,-----. Never meddle in the affairs of angry cats, ( + + )----- ---'' for they are well-armed and quick to bite. / -- ) http://surreal.istic.org/ keyid 885b170d |_,-|_/--,_|-\_| I''m not complaining; I''m just commenting negatively. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> > Is it correct that this card will not work with xen-2.0.x? Does it work > > with my adapter in testing/unstable? Or should I be looking at something > > else first? > > No one? Basically, all I need to know is, if the yenta pci-to-cardbus > bridge + prism54 card *should* work in xen-2.0.X. If so, I''ll spend some > more time finding out what could be the problem. If not, then I won''t have > to spend lots of time trying to isolate the cause in vain.I don''t think it''ll work in 2.0. I forget the exact details but it''s something to do with the way Xen hides bridge devices - stops dom0 being able to see the device behind the cardbus bridge (or something like that). If you lspci you probably won''t see the device... I think it *should* work under unstable but I don''t know if anyone has tried it... Cheers, Mark _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> So the short answer is that everything *should* work, but as we know, > that isn''t always the case. >Thanks Daniel (and Mark) for your reactions. Given that it''s not a definitive ''no'' I will spend time to get this to work. Bram -- Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users