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27. Appendix B. Supported PCMCIA cards

These cards are supported by David Hinds' PCMCIA package and this list is taken from his web page ( http://hyper.stanford.edu/HyperNews/get/pcmcia/home.html).

27.1 Ethernet cards

• SMC, Megahertz and Ositech cards use the smc91c92_cs driver
• 3Com and Farallon cards use the 3c589_cs driver
• Fujitsu, TDK, RATOC, CONTEC, Eagle and Nextcom cards use the fmvj18x_cs driver

• 3Com 3c589, 3c589B, 3c589C, 3c589D, 3CXE589D (3c589_cs)
• Accton EN2212, EN2216 EtherCard (pcnet_cs)
• Addtron Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Allied Telesis CentreCOM CE6001, LA-PCM (pcnet_cs)
• AmbiCom AMB8002 (pcnet_cs)
• Apollo RE450CT (pcnet_cs)
• Asante FriendlyNet (pcnet_cs)
• AST 1082 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Billionton LNT-10TB (pcnet_cs)
• Califormia Access LAN Adapter
• CeLAN EPCMCIA (pcnet_cs)
• CNet CN30BC, CN40BC Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Compaq Ethernet Adapter (xirc2ps_cs)
• Compex/ReadyLINK Ethernet Combo (pcnet_cs)
• Compex Linkport Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Connectware LANdingGear Adapter (pcnet_cs)
• CONTEC C-NET(PC)C (fmvj18x_cs)
• Danpex EN-6200P2 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Datatrek NetCard (pcnet_cs)
• Dayna Communications CommuniCard E (pcnet_cs)
• Digital DEPCM-AA, PCP78-AC Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Digital EtherWORKS Turbo Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• D-Link DE-650, DE-660 (pcnet_cs)
• DynaLink L10C Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Eagle NE200 Ethernet (fmvj18x_cs)
• Edimax Technology Ethernet Combo (pcnet_cs)
• EFA InfoExpress 205, 207 Combo (pcnet_cs)
• Eiger Labs EPX-ET10T2 Combo (pcnet_cs)
• Eiger Labs EPX-10BT, EPX-ET 10BT (fmvj18x_cs)
• ELECOM Laneed LD-CDWA, LD-CDX, LD-CDNIA, LD-CDY (pcnet_cs)
• EP-210 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Epson Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• EtherPRIME Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Explorer NE-10000 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• EZLink 4109 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Farallon Etherwave, EtherMac (3c589_cs)
• Fiberline FL-4680 (pcnet_cs)
• Fujitsu FMV-J181, FMV-J182, FMV-J182A (fmvj18x_cs)
• Fujitsu Towa LA501 (fmvj18x_cs)
• Gateway 2000 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Genius ME3000II Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Grey Cell Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• GVC NIC-2000P Ethernet Combo (pcnet_cs)
• Hitachi HT-4840-11 EtherCard (fmvj18x_cs)
• Hypertec HyperEnet (pcnet_cs)
• IBM CreditCard Ethernet Adapter (pcnet_cs)
• IC-Card Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Infotel IN650ct Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• I-O Data PCLA/T (pcnet_cs)
• Katron PE-520 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• KingMax Technology EN10-T2 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Kingston KNE-PCM/M, KNE-PC2 (pcnet_cs)
• KTI PE-520 Plus (pcnet_cs)
• LANEED Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• LanPro EP4000A (pcnet_cs)
• Lantech Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Linksys EtherCard (pcnet_cs)
• Logitec LPM-LN10T, LPM-LN10BA, LPM-LN20T Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Longshine ShineNet LCS-8534TB Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Macnica ME-1 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Maxtech PCN2000 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Megahertz XJ10BT, XJ10BC, CC10BT Ethernet (smc91c92_cs)
• Melco LPC-TJ, LPC-TS (pcnet_cs)
• Micronet Etherfast Adapter (pcnet_cs)
• NDC Instant-Link (pcnet_cs)
• Network General ``Sniffer'' (pcnet_cs)
• New Media EthernetLAN (nmclan_cs)
• New Media LiveWire (NOT the LiveWire+) (nmclan_cs)
• New Media BASICS Ethernet (smc91c92_cs)
• NextCom NC5310 (fmvj18x_cs)
• Novell/National NE4100 InfoMover (pcnet_cs)
• Ositech Four of Diamonds (smc91c92_cs)
• OvisLink Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Panasonic CF-VEL211P-B (pcnet_cs)
• Planet SmartCom 2000, 3500 (pcnet_cs)
• Pretec Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• PreMax PE-200 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Proteon Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Ratoc REX-9822, REX-5588A/W (fmvj18x_cs)
• Relia RE2408T Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Reliasys 2400A Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• RPTI EP400, EP401 Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• SCM Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Sky Link Express (pcnet_cs)
• SMC 8020BT EtherEZ (not the EliteCard) (smc91c92_cs)
• Socket Communications EA LAN Adapter (pcnet_cs)
• Socket Communications LPE Low Power Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• SuperSocket RE450T (pcnet_cs)
• Surecom Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• SVEC PN605C (pcnet_cs)
• TDK LAC-CD02x, LAK-CD021, LAK-CD022A, LAK-CD021AX Ethernet (fmvj18x_cs)
• Thomas-Conrad Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Trust Ethernet Combo (pcnet_cs)
• Volktek NPL-402CT Ethernet (pcnet_cs)
• Xircom CreditCard CE2 (xirc2ps_cs)

27.2 Fast Ethernet (10/100baseT) adapters

• 3Com 3c574TX (3c574_cs, buggy)
• 3Com 3c575TX CardBus (3c575_cb, performance problem)
• Compaq Netelligent 10/100 (xirc2ps_cs)
• D-Link DFE-650 (pcnet_cs)
• Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 (xirc2ps_cs)
• Level One EPC-0100TB (pcnet_cs)
• Linksys EtherFast 10/100 (pcnet_cs)
• Micronet EtherFast Adapter (pcnet_cs)
• NetGear FA410TXC (pcnet_cs)
• Xircom CreditCard CE3 (xirc2ps_cs)

27.3 Token-ring adapters

You should at least have kernel 1.3.72

• 3Com 3c389 Tokenlink Velocity (ibmtr_cs)
• 3Com 3c689 TokenLink III (ibmtr_cs)
• IBM Token ring Adapter (ibmtr_cs)
• IBM Turbo 16/4 Token Ring (ibmtr_cs)

27.4 Wireless network adapters

• AT&T / NCR / Lucent WaveLAN version 2.0 (wavelan_cs)
• DEC RoamAbout/DS (wavelan_cs)
• Xircom CreditCard Netwave (netwave_cs)

27.5 ISDN

• ELSA PCMCIA
• Sedlbauer Speed Star
• Teles S0/PCMCIA

27.6 Modem and serial cards

Virtually all modem cards, simple serial port cards, and digital cellular modems should work. Also ISDN modems that emulate a standard UART are supported.

• Advantech COMpad-32/85 dual serial
• Omega Engineering QSP-100
• Quatech, IOTech dual RS-232 cards
• Quatech quad RS-232 card
• Socket Communications dual RS-232 card
• Trimble Mobile GPS

27.7 Memory cards

All SRAM cards should work. Unsupported flash cards can be read but not written.

• Epson 2MB SRAM
• IBM 8MB Flash
• Intel Series 2, Series 2+ and Value Series 100 Flash
• Maxtor MobileMax 16MB Flash
• New Media SRAM
• TDK Flash Memory SFM20W/C 20MB

27.8 SCSI adapters

Be careful. Many vendors, particularly CD-ROM vendors, seem to switch controller chips at will. Generally, They will use a different product code, but not always: older (supported) New Media Bus Toaster cards are not easily distinguishable from the current (unsupported) Bus Toaster cards.

• Adaptec APA-1450A, APA-1460, APA-1460A, APA-1460B SlimSCSI (aha152x_cs)
• Adaptec SlimSCSI 1480 Cardbus (apa1480_cb, experimental, requires kernel 2.1.90 or later)
• Digital SCSI II adapter
• Eiger Labs SCSI (qlogic_cs)
• Future Domain SCSI2GO (fdomain_cs)
• IBM SCSI (fdomain_cs)
• Iomega ZIP and JAZ Cards (PPA3) (aha152x_cs)
• IO-DATA PCSC-II, PCSC-II-L
• IO-DATA CDG-PX44/PCSC CD-ROM
• Logitec LPM-SCSI2
• Logitec LCD-601 CD-ROM
• MACNICA mPS110, mPS110-LP SCSI (qlogic_cs)
• Melco IFC-SC2, IFC-DC
• NEC PC-9801N-J03R (qlogic_cs)
• New Media Bus Toaster SCSI (older cards only) (aha152x_cs)
• New Media Toast 'n Jam (SCSI only) (aha152x_cs)
• Noteworthy Bus Toaster SCSI (aha152x_cs)
• Panasonic KXL-D740, KXL-DN740A, KXL-DN740A-NB 4X CD-ROM
• Pioneer PCP-PR1W CD-ROM
• Qlogic FastSCSI (qlogic_cs)
• Raven CD-Note 4X (qlogic_cs)
• RATOC REX-9530 SCSI-2 (qlogic_cs)
• Simple Technologies SCSI (fdomain_cs)
• Sony CD-ROM Discman PRD-250
• Taxan ICD-400PN
• Toshiba NWB0107ABK, SCSC200B (qlogic_cs)

27.9 ATA/IDE CD-ROM adapters

You should at least have kernel 1.3.72

• Argosy EIDE CD-ROM
• Caravelle CD-36N
• Creative Technology CD-ROM
• Digital Mobile Media CD-ROM
• EXP CD940 CD-ROM (Some work, some do not)
• EXP Traveler 620 CD-ROM
• H45 Technologies Quick 2x CD-ROM
• H45 Technologies QuickCD 16X
• IO-DATA CDP-TX4/PCIDE, CDP-TX6/PCIDE, CDP-TX10/PCIDE, CDV-HDN6/PCIDE, MOP-230/PCIDE
• Sony PCGA-CD5 CD-ROM
• TEAC IDE Card/II

27.10 Multifunction cards

You should at least have kernel 1.3.73

• 3Com 3c562, 3c562B/C/D, 3c563B/C/D (3c589_cs)
• 3Com 3CCEM556, 3CXEM556 (3c589_cs)
• 3Com 3CCFEM556 (3c574_cs)
• Accton UE2218 (pcnet_cs)
• ActionTex ComNet (pcnet_cs)
• Dayna Communicard (pcnet_cs)
• D-Link DME336T (pcnet_cs)
• Gateway Telepath Combo (smc91c92_cs)
• Grey Cell GCS3400 (pcnet_cs)
• IBM Home and Away, Home and Away 28.8 (pcnet_cs)
• Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 LAN/Modem (xirc2ps_cs)
• Linksys LANmodem 28.8, 33.6 (pcnet_cs)
• Megahertz/U.S. Robotics EM1144, EM3288, EM3336 (smc91c92_cs)
• Motorola Mariner (smc91c92_cs)
• Motorola Marquis (3c589_cs)
• Ositech Jack of Diamonds (smc91c92_cs)
• PREMAX LAN modem (pcnet_cs)
• Psion V.34 Gold Card (not the 56K) (pcnet_cs)
• Rover ComboCard 33.6 (pcnet_cs)
• Xircom CreditCard CEM28, CEM33, CEM56 (xirc2ps_cs)
• Xircom RealPort

27.11 ATA/IDE card drives

These card drives are supported starting with kernel 1.3.72. Both Flash-ATA cards and rotating-media cards are supported. The very old Western Digital 40MB drives are not supported, because they do not conform to the PCMCIA ATA specifications.

27.12 Miscellaneous cards

• Trimble Mobile GPS (uses serial/modem driver)

27.13 Cards with separately distributed drivers

• GemPlus GPR400 Smart Card Reader http://www.linuxnet.com/smartcard/code.html (Wolf Geldmacher wgeldmacher@paus.ch)
• IBM Smart Capture (iscc_cs) (Koji Okamura oka@nanotsu.kobe-u.ac.jp)
• IBM Etherjet (cs89x0_cs) (Danilo Beuche danili@cs.tu-berlin.de)
• Elsa MicroLink ISDN adapter (elsa_cs) (Klaus Lichtenwalder Klaus.Lichtenwalder@WebForum.DE)
• MPS ISLINEnote ISDN adapter (mpsuni_cs) (Detlef Glaschick glaschick@mps-software.de)
• National Instruments DAQcard700 ftp://ftp.rtlinux.org/pub/rtlinux/sources/DAQCard700/ (Oleg Subbotin)
• Netwave AirSurfer Plus (asplus_cs) http://ipoint.vlsi.uiuc.edu/wireless/asplus.html (Jay Moorman jrmoorma@uiuc.edu)
• New Media Bus Toaster SCSI (new version) (sym53c500_cs) (Tim Corner tcorner@via.at)
• New Media BASICS SCSI (sym53c500_cs) (Tim Corner tcorner@via.at)
• RATOC REX-9590 (iscc_cs) (Koji Okamura oka@nanotsu.kobe-u.ac.jp)
• Sedlbauer Speed Star ISDN adapter (sedl_cs) (Marcus Niemann niemann@www-bib.fh-bielefeld.de)
• Teles ISDN adapter (teles_cs) (Christof Petig ea0141@uni-wuppertal.de)
• Y-E Data FlashBuster floppy drive adapter (floppy_cs) (David Bateman dbateman@eng.uts.edu.au)

27.14 Working on ...

People are working on the following cards:

• Roland SCP-55 MIDI (Toshiaki Nakatsu ir9k-nkt@asahi.net.or.jp)
• CyberRom CD-ROM (David Rowntree rowntree@dircon.co.uk)
• IO DATA PCSC-II (Katayama Nobuhiro kata-n@po.iijnet.or.jp)
• Macnica mPS-1x0 (Katayama Nobuhiro kata-n@po.iijnet.or.jp)
• Harris PRISM/AM79C930 (Mark Mathews mark@mail.absoval.com)
• TView Preso (Brenden Tuck friar@zendragon.com)

27.15 Unsupported

• Adaptec/Trantor APA-460 SlimSCSI
• CanonCompaq PCMCIA floppy drive
• New Media .WAVjammer and all other sound cards
• Nikon CoolPix100
• Panasonic KXL-D720, KXL-D745, KXL-D783
• SMC 8016 EliteCard
• Telxon/Aironet wireless adapter
• WaveLAN/IEEE
• Xircom CE II Ethernet/Modem
• Xircom CE-10BT Ethernet