> which thread? link? the one involving ico and his detection of the > register that windows set in the cardbus bridge but linux did not? yeah that sounds right, i investigated the differences between the WPCREDIT output of the cardbus bridge and the hdsp PCMCIA card and linux's hexdump, and they are slightly different. i suspect this is a problem bu i do not understand how to go about changing the settings to get what i want, setpci etc.... i have a screen shot of the comparisons but no way to post them at the moment. is there someone who could show me away to get these hexdumps/WPCREDIT output looking (and/or) functioning the same? or is this not the problem.... cheers tom