google does seem to have an answer, only that my post is now google's first link when looking for "gericom 1st supersonic pci e linux knoppix"
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Knoppix freezes booting when starting the cardmgr. when booting via 'knoppix nopcmcia' it just boots up perfectly... just zero pcmcia
edit1: running knoppix 3.8, kernel 2.6.11, 'knoppix nopcmcia'
the pcmcia controller should be a Texas Instruments x515 with integrated 5in1 smartcard reader
if you need more system specs just let me know, i will answer asap, as i want to get this working asap
lspci -v output:
Code:0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. Mobile Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc: Unknown device 0729 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: [e0] #09 [2109] 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. Mobile Memory Controller Hub PCI Express Port (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 Memory behind bridge: c1000000-c7ffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-d7ffffff Capabilities: [88] #0d [0000] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [a0] #10 [0141] 0000:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc: Unknown device 0729 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10 Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [70] #10 [0091] 0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=09, subordinate=09, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00000000-00000fff Memory behind bridge: 00000000-000fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000000000000-0000000000000000 Capabilities: [40] #10 [0141] Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000] Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2 0000:00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=0a, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00000000-00000fff Memory behind bridge: 00000000-000fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000000000000-0000000000000000 Capabilities: [40] #10 [0141] Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000] Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2 0000:00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00000000-00000fff Memory behind bridge: 00000000-000fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000000000000-0000000000000000 Capabilities: [40] #10 [0141] Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000] Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2 0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc: Unknown device 0729 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 I/O ports at 1800 [size=32] 0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc: Unknown device 0729 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 I/O ports at 1820 [size=32] 0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc: Unknown device 0729 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 I/O ports at 1840 [size=32] 0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc: Unknown device 0729 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 I/O ports at 1860 [size=32] 0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc: Unknown device 0729 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 Memory at c0004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [58] #0a [20a0] 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d4) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=07, sec-latency=216 I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff Memory behind bridge: c8000000-c80fffff Capabilities: [50] #0d [0000] 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04) Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc: Unknown device 0729 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc: Unknown device 0729 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 I/O ports at <unassigned> I/O ports at <unassigned> I/O ports at <unassigned> I/O ports at <unassigned> I/O ports at 1880 [size=16] 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04) Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc: Unknown device 0729 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11 I/O ports at 18e0 [size=32] 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0148 (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc: Unknown device 0729 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10 Memory at c4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M] Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Memory at c1000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [68] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [78] #10 [0001] 0000:06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc: Unknown device 0729 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19 I/O ports at 2000 [size=256] Memory at c8006000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 0000:06:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4223 (rev 05) Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 1001 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17 Memory at c8007000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 0000:06:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8031 Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc: Unknown device 0729 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 49, IRQ 10 Memory at c8008000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Bus: primary=06, secondary=07, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=176 I/O window 1: 00000000-00000003 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 0000:06:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8032 (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc: Unknown device 0729 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18 Memory at c8006800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K] Memory at c8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 0000:06:09.3 Unknown mass storage controller: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8033 Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc: Unknown device 0729 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 57, IRQ 10 Memory at c8004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
google does seem to have an answer, only that my post is now google's first link when looking for "gericom 1st supersonic pci e linux knoppix"
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anyone can tell me if updating the pci ids with this version -> http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kern.../Apr/0339.html![]()
will make it work and if so, how do i do that?![]()

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