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%SECTION0{name=PCCardSupport}% PC Card Support in U-Boot When PC Card support is enabled in your U-Boot configuration the target will try to detect any PC Cards in the slot when booting. If no card is present you will see a message like this: <verbatim> PPCBoot 1.1.1 (Nov 11 2001 - 18:06:06) CPU: XPC862PZPnn0 at 48 MHz: 16 kB I-Cache 8 kB D-Cache FEC present Board: ICU862 Board DRAM: 32 MB FLASH: 16 MB In: serial Out: serial Err: serial PCMCIA: No Card found </verbatim> Depending on the type of PC Card inserted the boot messages vary; for instance with a Flash Disk card you would see: <verbatim> ... PCMCIA: 3.3V card found: SunDisk SDP 5/3 0.6 Fixed Disk Card IDE interface [silicon] [unique] [single] [sleep] [standby] [idle] [low power] Bus 0: OK Device 0: Model: SanDisk SDP3B-8 Firm: Vdd 1.02 Ser#: fq9bu499900 Type: Removable Hard Disk Capacity: 7.7 MB = 0.0 GB (15680 x 512) ... </verbatim> With a CompactFlash Card you get: <verbatim> ... PCMCIA: 3.3V card found: CF 128MB CH Fixed Disk Card IDE interface [silicon] [unique] [single] [sleep] [standby] [idle] [low power] Bus 0: OK Device 0: Model: CF 128MB Firm: Rev 1.01 Ser#: 1969C32AA0210002 Type: Removable Hard Disk Capacity: 122.3 MB = 0.1 GB (250368 x 512) ... </verbatim> Even more exotic memory devices (like the "MemoryStick as used in some Digital Cameras") will usually work without problems: <verbatim> ... PCMCIA: 3.3V card found: SONY MEMORYSTICK(128M) 1.0 Fixed Disk Card IDE interface [silicon] [unique] [single] [sleep] [standby] [idle] [low power] Bus 0: .OK Device 0: Model: MEMORYSTICK 128M 16K Firm: SONY1.00` Ser#: Type: Removable Hard Disk Capacity: 123.8 MB = 0.1 GB (253696 x 512) ... </verbatim> And with a harddisk adapter you would see: <verbatim> ... PCMCIA: 5.0V card found: ARGOSY PnPIDE D5 Bus 0: OK Device 0: Model: IBM-DKLA-24320 Firm: KL4AA43A Ser#: YD2YD246800 Type: Hard Disk Capacity: 4126.10 MB = 4.0 GB (8452080 x 512) ... </verbatim> Note that most other cards will be detected by U-Boot, but not supported otherwise, for instance: <verbatim> ... PCMCIA: 5.0V card found: ELSA AirLancer MC-11 Version 01.01 Network Adapter Card ... </verbatim> or <verbatim> ... PCMCIA: 5.0V card found: Elsa MicroLink 56k MC Internet 021 A Serial Port Card ... </verbatim>