[ECOS] A patch for Assabet PCMCIA driver to work with PRETEC

[Gary Thomas]

On 13-Jul-2001 I-Jui Sung wrote:
> [Problem description]
> The CompactLAN CF ethernet card (an NE2000 clone) have some problem
> reporting its
> Manufacturer ID, so it will fail on the cf_hwr_change_state(), cause a
> "the CF won't ready" error message in the detection of networking interface.
> So I've done a workaround by using version string to determine a successful
> state change in
> the above memtioned function.
> In my test, the patch works fine with either the PRETEC CompactLAN card or
> the Socketcom LP-E.

While I can incorporate this change (I might try something else though),
it would seem to me that this implies that the PRETEC card is broken if it
does not even have any Manufacturer ID information [which I believe is mandatory].