Re: pcmcia controller chip in the 755C

["Richard D. McRoberts" <rdm@csn.net>]

Jeffrey Graham asked:

> I am a NASA contractor. We are preparing to fly several
> IBM thinkpad 755Cs on STS-85 in July.
> The machines have 12Megabytes ram, 540Meg hd.
> They will also have Thomas Conrad TC5141-2 pcmcia ethernet
> cards.

> Anyone know what pcmcia controller chipset is in these
> puppies?

> I need to know because we want to use Linux with them.

I don't know, but you could use "probe" from Dave Hinds'
pcmcia package for Linux to find out.  On my 701C, it
says the controller is Cirrus CL-PD672x.  The package
seems to install as for i82365 and it works fine.

Red Hat Linux includes the pcmcia package.  It is even
incorporated into the installation routine with auto-detection
to allow Linux installation from a pcmcia cdrom.  Presuming
that a mainstream machine probably wouldn't be weird, I 
would go ahead and try it.

The latest Linux pcmcia package is at hyper.stanford.edu.
It's a great package with frequent updates and good support.
I'm very pleased.

Hope this helps.

Duff McRoberts
rdm@csn.net