[Bug 30547] cardbus bridge problem? cards not recognised

[rsidd]

Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/30547

Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 linux-image-2.6.15-14-686 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

Description:
With Ubuntu Breezy, when I inserted a PC card (NetGear WG511 v2, 802.11g, Marvell chipset) there was no response: no kernel message, nothing.  With Dapper, kernel 2.6.15-14-686 of Jan 25, I do get a message 
 pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
but pccardctl info just yields
PRODID_1=""
PRODID_2=""
PRODID_3=""
PRODID_4=""
MANFID=0000,0000
FUNCID=255
and I'm unable to configure it.

I think it's a problem with the bridge not the card, because the same thing happened on this laptop with a D-Link card, while
Another linux laptop (kernel 2.4.31) recognises the NetGear card.

The laptop is a Compaq Presario V2000 series (V2374AP, bought in India).
lspci -vv gives

0000:06:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 3080
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step
ping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort
- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 168, Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 169
        Region 0: Memory at 24000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Bus: primary=06, secondary=07, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=176
        Memory window 0: 20000000-21fff000 (prefetchable)
        Memory window 1: 22000000-23fff000
        I/O window 0: 00003400-000034ff
        I/O window 1: 00003800-000038ff
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- 16bInt- PostWrite+
        16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

Any clues?

The bug seems similar to  Bug #19357 in pcmcia-cs but another card I
tried didn't work either, while this one works on another linux laptop.