Re: PC card RS-232 freezes the computer

[Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>]

>Hello
>
>When I insert "2 port RS-232" PC card/PCMCIA/carbus/whatever card
>(86x53x6mm with a golden strip with 8 nipples and 2x34 connector) into my
>Dell Inspiron 510m notebook with 2.6.16.19, the computer freezes and
>continues working when I remove it.
>
Try enabling CONFIG_ISA. I experienced the same lockup with a PCMCIA 
IDE CDROM drive and it was solved by enabling that one.

>The card label says "2 port RS-232 SUNIX Plug Into A Brand-new World
>S/N: CB 0077996 Made in Taiwan"
>
>XMMS before freezing plays last 300ms 3 times again.
>
>dmesg shows
>pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
>pccard: card ejected from slot 0
>MCE: The hardware reports a non fatal, correctable incident occurred on
>CPU 0.
>Bank 0: b200004000000800
>
>Is the kernel intended to behave this way? If yes, is there a way how
>to configure up the kernel so the computer doesn't freeze and the card
>can be examined with lspci?
>
>CL<
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Jan Engelhardt
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