cardctl(8)
NAME
cardctl - PCMCIA card control utility
SYNOPSIS
cardctl [-V] command [socket] cardctl [-c config] [-f scheme] [-s stab] scheme [name]
DESCRIPTION
Cardctl is used to monitor and control the state of PCMCIA
sockets. If a socket number is specified, the command
will be applied to just one socket; otherwise, all sockets
will be affected.
Cardctl is also used to select between multiple PCMCIA
configuration schemes. The current scheme name is passed
to the device option scripts as part of the ``device
address'', so the scripts can use it to choose between
different setups.
If cardctl is executed by root, all commands are avail
able. If it is executed by an unpriviledged user, only
the informational commands are accessible.
Some commands may not work or give misleading results if
cardmgr is not running.
COMMANDS
- status
- Display the current socket status flags.
- config
- Display the socket configuration, including power set
tings, interrupt and I/O window settings, and configu
ration registers. - ident
- Display card identification information, including
product identification strings, manufacturer ID codes,
and function ID codes. - info
- Much like the ident command, but its output is format
ted as a series of Bourne-stype shell variable defini
tions for use in scripts. - suspend
- Shut down and then disable power for a socket.
- resume
- Restore power to a socket, and re-configure for use.
- reset
- Send a reset signal to a socket, subject to approval
by any drivers already bound to the socket. - eject
- Notify all client drivers that this card will be
ejected, then cut power to the socket. - insert
- Notify all client drivers that this card has just been
inserted. - scheme
- If no scheme name is given, cardctl will display the
current PCMCIA configuration scheme. If a scheme name
is given, cardctl will unconfigure all PCMCIA devices, and reconfigure for the new scheme.
OPTIONS
-V Show version information and exit.
- -c config
- Look for the card configuration database and card
configuration scripts in the specified directory,
instead of /etc/pcmcia. - -f scheme
- Use the specified file to keep track of the current
configuration scheme, instead of /var/lib/pcm_ cia/scheme. - -s stab
- Read current socket information from the specified
file, instead of /var/lib/pcmcia/stab.
AUTHOR
David Hinds - dahinds@users.sourceforge.net