Problem: Need to get suitable hw for PCMCIA-PCI adapter

Problem: There are only 2 chipsets supported in PB 4.2 (More in PB 5
The intel driver is for PCMCIA-ISA bus, not PCI
The other driver is for TI-1250 chipse

(I have posted previously on this in this ng..

- I purchased a board with the Ricoh R5C475II Chipset which is Intel 82 regsiter compatible. But is a PCI bridge not ISA. The Intel driver in PB 4.2 doesn't work because of this.
Q Has anyone developed a driver for that chipset under PB 4.2

- I am looking at the ActionTec PC750 PC Card http://www.actiontec.com/products/readers/pc750/pc750_overview.htm
This is listed in the CE.NET Help as being suitable hw for a CEPC(Search on "Choosing Miscellaneous CEPC Hardware"
If I was to use this , would I use the driver for TI-1250 (The actiontec device has the TI-1225 chipset

- The Envoy Data PC Card Host Controller SBP-D2 is also listed as suitable hw but can't find that on the net???
(SBP-D2 PCI SwapBox [PCI])

I've been chasing this for several months and want a quick resolution. It stopping my research in IPv6 Wireless

Re: PCMCIA-PCI Adapter for CEPC by Helix

Helix
Sat May 01 08:21:02 CDT 2004

I haven't understood your problem very well,
however maybe this can help
http://www.prestico.com/product3.htm

/helix



Re: PCMCIA-PCI Adapter for CEPC by davejones

davejones
Sun May 02 05:56:02 CDT 2004

Thanks for that

The problem is that the only supported chipset for PCI-PCMCIA is the TI1250/1255 in PB 4.

The "Intel 82365S Register Compatible" PCMCIA driver is only for an ISA bus
I have such a device (uses teh Ricoh chipset) but it doesn't work

The TI PCI-PCMCIA cards on the list are not the 1250/1225 chipse

Thx DJ

RE: PCMCIA-PCI Adapter for CEPC by davejones

davejones
Sun May 02 08:36:03 CDT 2004

In a previous reply Gerbel said
I had success with a TI-1420 based controller (from ELAN Digital Systems)

My questions are
- Should a TI-1410 based controller work (I have one that came with a Compaq wireless card WL210
- To make the TI controller to work (any) should it just be a matter of adding it to the workspace
I created an image with the TI-1250 catalog item. I ran the iamge wit hthe TI-1410 card. The registry entries seems OK for it in the running device but pcmcia.dll is not loaded etc


RE: PCMCIA-PCI Adapter for CEPC by davejones

davejones
Sun May 02 08:56:03 CDT 2004

I just noticed a psot
The TI-1420 starts in a mode compatible with Intel's 82365
So would use need an ISA implementation and use that driver????????????

RE: PCMCIA-PCI Adapter for CEPC by sergeir

sergeir
Wed May 05 01:21:47 CDT 2004


>-----Original Message-----
>I just noticed a psot:
>The TI-1420 starts in a mode compatible with Intel's
82365.
>So would use need an ISA implementation and use that
driver????????????

Hi,

we use the PCI-to-PCMCIA bridge board, which has a TI
1410A chip on it. The exact name for the card is unknown.
Even though it is a PCI board, it generally kinda works
with provided with PB Intel ISA PCMCIA driver but :

a) it always asks for 2nd PCMCIA slot driver - weird,
there is no 2nd slot

b) sometimes driver doesn't start if there is another PCI
device present

Strange enough it refuses to work with a TI1250 driver
from PB, even though there were rumors 1410A is backwards
compatible.

I was told by someone else who is using a similar card to
manually edit some source C++ code for Intel driver to get
rid of a) case. Ideally I would like to make a separate
code and a .cec file for this card, if time allows.

Hope this helps.

Regards
Sergei