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pcmcia(7)							     pcmcia(7)

NAME
       pcmcia - Guidelines for adding PCMCIA cards

DESCRIPTION
       This  reference	page  provides	detailed instructions on adding PCMCIA
       card support to certain processors.

   Supported Configurations
       PCMCIA (PC Card) support is limited to the following capabilities: Sup‐
       port of selected ISA to PCMCIA bridge adapters Support on the following
       platforms: AlphaStation 255 AlphaStation 200 AlphaStation 400 AlphaSta‐
       tion 600 AlphaServer 1000 One modem card, specifically Megahertz XJ2288
       (28.8kpbs) Hot swap capability of PC Cards.

   Configuring a PCMCIA Adapter Board from the Console
       Before inserting the PCMCIA adapter board into your system,  make  sure
       to  read	 the manual that came with the adapter from the adapter vendor
       and follow the instructions on how to connect the  cables  and  install
       the  board.   Check  your system documentation to find out what kind of
       bus is available in your system and use the  appropriate	 ISA  or  EISA
       instructions.

   Configuring a PCMCIA on an ISA Bus System
       If your system has an ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) bus, use the
       following procedure to configure a card: If the system is  an  ISA  bus
       system,	the  isacfg utility from the console must be used to configure
       the PCMCIA adapter.  Insert the PCMCIA adapter board in an ISA slot  in
       the system and turn on the system.  To add a PCMCIA option to the plat‐
       forms with an ISA bus, issue the following ISA option  card  configura‐
       tion command at the console. The following example uses an AlphaStation
       200 platform, but the commands should be the same in all three ISA  bus
       platforms.

	      >>>  isacfg  -slot  1 -etyp 1 -dev 0 -mk -iobase0 3e0 / -irq0 14
	      -enadev 1 -handle PCIC-PCMCIA

	      If the system is already using slot 1,  select  an  unused  slot
	      number.	The  IRQ  (interrupt)  number  must  not conflict with
	      interrupt numbers assigned to other default devices on the  sys‐
	      tem. The system hardware manual usually indicates which IRQ num‐
	      bers are already assigned.  The recommended IRQ number  for  the
	      PCMCIA  adapter is 14 (decimal).	If IRQ 14 is already used, the
	      next best choice is IRQ 10 (if 10 is not already used  by	 other
	      devices).	  When you issue the above isacfg command, the console
	      should print out the following line or something similar:

	      type >>>init to use these changes

	      After reinitializing the console, you can verify that  you  con‐
	      figured  the  PCMCIA  adapter correctly by issuing the following
	      command:

	      >>>isacfg -slot 1 You should see the following screen display:

	      =============================================================
	      handle:  PCIC-PCMCIA etyp: 1 slot: 1  dev: 0 enadev: 1 totdev: 1
	      iobase0:	  3e0	   membase0:	 8000000000000000     iobase1:
	      8000000000000000	    memlen0:	 8000000000000000     iobase2:
	      8000000000000000	   membase1:	 8000000000000000     iobase3:
	      8000000000000000	    memlen1:	 8000000000000000     iobase4:
	      8000000000000000	   membase2:	 8000000000000000     iobase5:
	      8000000000000000	    memlen2:	 8000000000000000     rombase:
	      8000000000000000	 romlen:   8000000000000000    dmamode0/chan0:
	      80000000	 irq0:	14  dmamode1/chan1:  80000000  irq1:  80000000
	      dmamode2/chan2: 80000000 irq2: 80000000 dmamode3/chan3: 80000000
	      irq3: 80000000

	      =============================================================
	      >>>

   Configuring a PCMCIA on an EISA Bus System
       If you are installing the PCMCIA adapter on a  computer	with  an  EISA
       (Extended  Industry Standard Architecture) bus, use the EISA Configura‐
       tion Utility (ECU) to configure it. Invoke the EISA Configuration Util‐
       ity  (ECU),  and specify that the PCMCIA adapter is present. Next, pro‐
       vide a pointer to the aisa3000.cfg configuration file.

       Refer to your system hardware documentation for	complete  instructions
       on how to run the ECU program.

   Setting up a PCMCIA Modem PC Card for Use
       A  PCMCIA Card is a dynamic device, not a static device that is present
       all the time in the system hardware).  The serial-line device driver is
       a  static  device driver.  Therefore, there will not be a corresponding
       acex entry created automatically when the first custom kernel  is  con‐
       figured.	 This  is  because  the	 system has no knowledge of the PCMCIA
       device at this time.

       To automatically create the acex entry for your PCMCIA fax/modem	 card:
       Ensure  that  you  have	the  PCMCIA adapter configured in the console.
       Insert the PCMCIA fax/modem card into the slot.	For  example,  if  you
       insert a fax/modem card in the slot 0 before automatically building the
       initial target kernel, the resulting  kernel  configuration  file  will
       contain the following line item:

       controller ace2 at pcmcia0  slot 0 vector aceintr

       The  installation  will	also  create  the device special file for this
       fax/modem card in the directory named /dev.  Using the ls command,  you
       can display the file as follows:

       #  ls  -gl  /dev/tty02  crw-rw-rw-   1 root     system	 35,  2 Oct 16
       13:22 tty02

       If you did not have the PCMCIA fax/modem card inserted in the slot dur‐
       ing  System  installation, add the following line to your system kernel
       configuration file (/sys/conf/HOSTNAME where HOSTNAME is	 the  name  of
       your system):

       controller	       ace2    at *    slot ? vector aceintr

       If  you	plan  to use two modem cards simultaneously, add the following
       lines to your system configuration file:

       controller	       ace2    at *	slot  ?	 vector	 aceintr  con‐
       troller		    ace3    at *    slot ? vector aceintr

       After  modifying	 the system configuration file, use the following com‐
       mand to rebuild the new kernel and reboot the system:

       # doconfig -c

   Creating a Device Special File for the Modem Card
       Normally the system installation creates the  following	default	 tty0x
       device special files in the directory /dev:

       crw-rw-rw-    1 root	system	  35,  0 Oct 16 13:22 tty00 crw-rw-rw-
       1 root	  system    35,	 1 Oct 16 13:22 tty01

       Two lines are present because most systems  have	 two  embedded	serial
       lines.  A  system  with	a single embedded serial line creates only one
       tty00 entry in the /dev directory.

       To create additional device special files for the PCMCIA	 modem	cards,
       use the MAKEDEV utility in the /dev directory. For example:

       # ./MAKEDEV ace2 MAKEDEV: special file(s) for ace2: tty02

       The generated special file should look as follows:

       crw-rw-rw-   1 root     system	 35,  2 Oct 27 14:02 tty02

       If  you	intend	to have two PCMCIA modem cards working simultaneously,
       create device special files for each card. For example:

       # ./MAKEDEV ace2 ace3 MAKEDEV: special file(s) for ace2: tty02 MAKEDEV:
       special file(s) for ace3: tty03

       The generated special files should look as follows:

       crw-rw-rw-    1 root	system	  35,  2 Oct 27 14:02 tty02 crw-rw-rw-
       1 root	  system    35,	 3 Oct 27 14:02 tty03

   Updating the /etc/remote File
       You must edit the /etc/remote file to add new access  line  definitions
       for  the	 PCMCIA modem cards. If you have a 28.8kpb modem card and will
       be using the full speed, set  the  baud	rate  (br)  to	38400  in  the
       /etc/remote file as follows:

       line2:dv=/dev/tty02:br#38400:pa=none

       Note  that  line2 can be any name you determine to be used with the tip
       command to establish a connection.

       Once you insert a PCMCIA modem card and the system configures the card,
       the card can be used as for any other modem devices.

   Inserting a PCMCIA Modem Card
       To use a PCMCIA modem card, insert the card to one of the PC Card slots
       in the PCMCIA adapter. Depending on the adapter type, there may be  two
       front  access  card  slots or one front access and one rear access card
       slot. When you insert the card into the slot 0, you should see the fol‐
       lowing  message	on  the console terminal (or the Console Log window if
       using X11):

       # PCMCIA socket 0: card manufacturer: MEGAHERTZ	product	 name:	XJ2288
       Configured: serial unit 2, type=16550A ace2 at pcmcia0

       This example used the MEGAHERTZ XJ2288 fax/modem card.

       When  you  insert  a modem card, an error message such as the following
       may appear on the Console Log window:

       socket 0: card manufacturer: MEGAHERTZ, unknown modem card inserted

       Using generic modem driver for this PC Card.

       PCMCIA socket 0: card manufacturer: MEGAHERTZ

       product name: XJ1144

       socket 0: Couldn't find usable config. for  this	 card.	 Please	 eject
       this PC Card.

       This  error  occurs if the card requires I/O resources that are already
       in use by other components in the system. If you see  this  error  mes‐
       sage, eject the card because it is not configured correctly. A possible
       solution is to remove some other ISA/EISA devices  in  the  system  and
       reboot the system, freeing I/O resources that may be required.

   Removing a PCMCIA Modem Card
       Once you are finished using the modem card, push the button next to the
       card slot to eject it. You should see the following message on the con‐
       sole terminal or console Log window:

       # stray interrupt on unit=2, intr_id=0 PCMCIA socket 0: PC Card removed

       This  message  is not always displayed when you eject the card. It only
       happens if the serial line driver generates an interrupt when the  card
       ejected.

RESTRICTIONS
       The  following  restrictions  apply in this release: No support is pro‐
       vided for loadable device drivers for PC Cards.	If the system does not
       have  any  available  IRQ  (interrupt)  numbers to assign to the PCMCIA
       devices, you cannot configure PCMCIA devices.  To  support  one	PCMCIA
       adapter	the  system must have at least three unused IRQ numbers avail‐
       able. One IRQ is for the adapter and the other two are for each	PCMCIA
       socket.	 Tru64	UNIX  can support two PCMCIA adapters in a system pro‐
       vided that the necessary resources  are	available.  In	some  systems,
       availability  of	 interrupt  lines  will	 prohibit  the use of multiple
       adapters. If you have sufficient resources and are going to support two
       adapters,  configure  the  second adapter should to use the I/O address
       3E2.  To use fax functions in a fax/modem PC card,  a  commercial  UNIX
       fax  application software program is required.  The Megahertz XJ2288 is
       the only modem card fully qualified on Tru64 UNIX. However, other modem
       cards  of  similar type (both 14.4kpbs and 28.8kpbs) may work. The fol‐
       lowing is the list of modem cards that are known to work: Model XJ2288,
       from  MEGAHERTZ	Model XJ1144, from MEGAHERTZ KeepInTouch Cardcard from
       ATT Paradyne PCMCIA V.32bis 14,400  Fax	The  selected  ISA  to	PCMCIA
       bridge  adapters	 are  from  SCM	 Microsystems.	The SWAPBOX CLASSIC X2
       Model MMCD-D2, which has the following features: 3.5 inch front	access
       Two slots (type II + type III) PC card socket Standard PC-AT 16-bit ISA
       bus interface PCMCIA Revision 2.X and ExCA compliant The	 SWAPBOX  PRE‐
       MIUM  COMBO  Model  MMCD-FC2 has the following features: 3.5 inch, 1.44
       Mbyte Floppy Drive Support.  One Type I, II,  or	 III  front-access  PC
       card  socket One Type I, II, or III rear-access PC card socket Standard
       PC-AT 16-bit ISA bus interface PCMCIA Revision 2.X and ExCA compliant

       Other ISA to PCMCIA bridge adapters using the Intel i82365SL or a  com‐
       patible device may also work.

FILES
       The  kernel  configuration  file, in which the adapter is defined.  The
       device special file for the PCMCIA card.	 The line definitions file for
       the modem device.

SEE ALSO
       Commands: MAKEDEV(8)

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