Re: Aircard 850 on a Thinkpad Z61M

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:02:07 -0400 (EDT) josh@ramat.cc wrote:

> I'm running Debian unstable,
> linux-image-2.6.21-1-686_2.6.21-4_i386.deb and pcmciautils 014-3 on a
> Lenevo Thinkpad Z61M. I am trying to get my Sierra Aircard 850
> recognized. When I insert the card into the PCMCIA slot I get the
> following in syslog:
>
> Jun 21 23:37:28 lab001 kernel: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot
> 0 Jun 21 23:37:28 lab001 kernel: pcmcia: registering new device
> pcmcia0.0
>
> i.e. no TTY is assigned to the card
>
> when I run cardmgr though, the card is recognized and assigned to
> TTYS0. Do you have any suggestions as to why this is and how I can
> get this card assigned a TTY using a 2.6 kernel?

I don't have this card, but I believe I have seen similar behavior before if the firmware blob was missing.

According to this
http://mycusthelp.com/sierrawireless/supportkbitem.asp?sSessionID=&Inc=4703&sFilA=FAQ%20Category&sFilB=Products&sFilC=&KEY=860 cardmgr used to look for the firmware in /etc/pcmcia/cis/

According to this
http://www.sierrawireless.com/faq/ShowFAQ.aspx?ID=118 for the 2.6 kernel you need to move that firmware blob over to /lib/firmware/

Clayton

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