PCMCIA: Xircom R2BEM56G-100 Multifunction ethernet/modem card works

[Vaclav Zelenka]

Ahoj lidi,

podarilo se mi rozbehat PC Card Xircom R2BEM56G-100 (tedy alespon na mem
HP
Omnibook 2100 bezi v pohode). V prilozenem mailu najdete blizsi info.
Balicek pcmcia-cs najdete na http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/

Vasek


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Vaclav Zelenka
ALMAP/GFM Service Engineer
Network Services Division
Carrier Networking Group
Alcatel Czech, s.r.o.



-------- Original Message --------
     Subject: Xircom R2BEM56G-100 Multifunction ethernet/modem card
works
        Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 14:08:36 +0200
        From: Vaclav Zelenka <vaclav.zelenka na alcatel.cz>
Organization: Alcatel, Network Services Division
          To: dahinds na users.sourceforge.net


Hi David!

I'm writing this e-mail to you, because I was successful with a new PC
Card configuration, which is not mentioned in your SUPPORTED.CARDS list
yet. I do not know, if you (or somebody else) know about it, but I hope
it can help to others, although I didn't make any in-depth tests.
I have successfully installed the new Red Hat Linux 7.0 on my HP
Omnibook 2100 few days ago. During a system configuration the system
could not identify my "Xircom RealPort2 CardBus Ethernet 10/100 + Modem
56 PC Card" (R2BEM56G-100), only an empty CardBus interface was
recognized. So I have added this new card to the /etc/pcmcia/config file
(see below) without any kernel modification or other system
reconfiguration.

According to an output from the 'cardctl ident' comand I have added
these new lines inside the /etc/pcmcia/config:

---
card "Xircom R2BEM56G-100 RealPort2 CardBus Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56"
  version "Xircom", "*", "R2BEM56G"
  bind "tulip_cb" to 0, "serial_cb" to 1
---

After restart of cardmgr or system reboot, this card works properly
(both - a network card and also a modem).