SOLVED: unrecognised pcmcia net card 3c574

[tangram]

IBM tp600E with 16bit pcmcia network card: 3com574.
After last system update, my pcmcia network card cannot be recognised as rasult of what eth0 is gone.
During the system update the following packages were updated:

Wed Sep 3 08:59:40 2008 >>> dev-util/strace-4.5.18
Wed Sep 3 09:00:46 2008 >>> net-dns/openresolv-1.7.1
Wed Sep 3 09:14:09 2008 >>> media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.17a
Wed Sep 3 09:18:31 2008 >>> sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.1
Wed Sep 3 09:27:16 2008 >>> sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.1
Wed Sep 3 09:28:26 2008 >>> app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.4
Wed Sep 3 09:34:44 2008 >>> sys-fs/udev-127
Wed Sep 3 09:40:42 2008 >>> net-misc/neon-0.28.3
Wed Sep 3 09:42:11 2008 >>> sys-apps/pcmciautils-015
Wed Sep 3 09:54:32 2008 >>> sys-libs/pam-1.0.2
Wed Sep 3 10:07:48 2008 >>> sys-apps/hal-0.5.11-r1

I suppose these packages are most important for my problem.
Wed Sep 3 09:34:44 2008 >>> sys-fs/udev-127
Wed Sep 3 09:42:11 2008 >>> sys-apps/pcmciautils-015
Both packages changed udev rulez.

After system start lsmod shows:

Module Size Used by
sg 26000 0
sd_mod 21136 2
usb_storage 36224 1
scsi_mod 88232 3 sg,sd_mod,usb_storage
snd_pcm_oss 34624 0
snd_mixer_oss 12704 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_oss 28544 0
snd_seq_midi_event 4160 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 38576 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_cs4236 4448 0
snd_opl3_lib 7744 1 snd_cs4236
snd_hwdep 5892 1 snd_opl3_lib
snd_cs4236_lib 12288 1 snd_cs4236
snd_mpu401_uart 4896 1 snd_cs4236
snd_rawmidi 15168 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 4972 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
snd_cs4231_lib 17280 2 snd_cs4236,snd_cs4236_lib
snd_pcm 54696 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_cs4236_lib,snd_cs4231_lib
snd_timer 15172 4 snd_seq,snd_opl3_lib,snd_cs4231_lib,snd_pcm
snd 36612 14 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_cs4236,snd_opl3_lib,snd_hwdep,snd_cs4236_lib,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_cs4231_lib,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 5504 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 6216 2 snd_cs4231_lib,snd_pcm
pcmcia 25240 0
firmware_class 6624 1 pcmcia
uhci_hcd 21228 0
usbcore 120496 3 usb_storage,uhci_hcd
yenta_socket 22988 2
rsrc_nonstatic 10784 1 yenta_socket
intel_agp 23164 1
pcmcia_core 31600 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
agpgart 27344 1 intel_agp

Mannualy loading the module 3c574_cs doesnt help, the card still stays unrecognized.
Kernel ( via dmesg) reports inserting the card into pcmcia slot but udevadm monitor shows nothing,
probably because for the system card "doesn't live"...
Did I overlooked something... ?

[tangram]

It's a main problem that PCMCIA card, after insert, doesn’t appear in /sys/bus/pcmcia/devices/
It’s hard to understand it, with same kernel and modules( 2.6.25-gentoo-r7), before system update, card recognition works properly.
Probably the effect would be similar if I would remove uhci_hcd module and try to watch “udevadm monitor” while inserting pendrive…
“udevadm monitor” will show nothing.

[tangram]

The card ( 3com574) needs to work resource database which is loaded with „pcmcia_socket_startup” script
( thanks to Dominik Brodowski, he showed me the right direction).
This script isn’t built with default pcmciautils's use flags, for build you have to set “staticsocket” flag.
Socket with statically assigned resources does not need these programs. However, a
socket with dynamically assigned resources needs them. So, having to set
"staticsocket" is contra-intuitive, maybe bad naming…
You need to correct paths for pcmcia-check-broken-cis and pcmcia-socket-startup scripts in /etc/udev/rules.d/60-pcmcia.rules file also.( Dominik told me he will make it in the next pcmciautils version).
These scripts are default installed into /sbin and not /lib/udev directory.
That’s all folks.