Dear Marv,
I have checked the rpm. I am running Slax(Slackware based Live CD) at
home. I have downloaed the rpm and I have done a rpm2tgz and then
used slax's tgz2lzm(creates slax modules) . I have viewed what the
file contains.
The problem(s) the rpm serves only kernel 2.6.21.0-22/ it would
server better purpose to find the source file(s) and attemp to compile
with other kernels. Someone, the license is not open. The people at
LSI are the ones that hold the key to the code, but are they willing
to release it?
Here's what I did.
Hope it helps in some way.
I have such a beast(11c11040) on a laptop. I have tried to compile
slmodemd-20.9.11-20070813 with alsa support and I get very close, but
the modem does not dial, from the code generated below, the
slmodemd-2.9.11-200XXXX will not server here, a kernel
dependent/kernel dependent modules need to be created to make the
modem functional
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22/kernel/drivers/char# ls
agrmodem.ko agrserial.ko
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22/kernel/drivers/char# ls -l
total 1552
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1556675 Oct 9 2007 agrmodem.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19893 Oct 9 2007 agrserial.ko
Otherwise, we will get nowhere. Red Flag linux is based on which
other linux? The sources need to be offered, otherwise we and other
users which have the 11c11040 LSI modems are at a loss.
Regards,
Antonio
root@slax:/tmp/fakeroot# rpm2tgz agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.rpm
root@slax:/tmp/fakeroot# ls
agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.rpm agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.tgz
root@slax:/tmp/fakeroot# ls -l
total 1212
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 629161 Apr 22 21:49 agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 593789 Apr 22 21:49 agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.tgz
root@slax:/tmp/fakeroot# cp agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.tgz ../
root@slax:/tmp/fakeroot# ls
agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.rpm agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.tgz
root@slax:/tmp/fakeroot# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp# ls
agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.tgz fakeroot/ kde-root/ ksocket-root/ mc-root/
root@slax:/tmp# tgz2lzm agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.tgz
Convert Slackware's TGZ package into .lzm compressed module
usage: /usr/bin/tgz2lzm source_filename.tgz output_file.lzm
root@slax:/tmp# tgz2lzm agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.tgz
agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.lzm
Installing package agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386...
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
[==================================================================]
11/11 100%root@slax:/tmp#
root@slax:/tmp# ls -l
total 1080
-r-------- 1 root root 495616 Apr 22 21:51 agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.lzm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 593789 Apr 22 21:50 agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.tgz
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Apr 22 21:49 fakeroot/
drwx------ 2 root root 100 Apr 22 21:47 kde-root/
drwx------ 3 root root 300 Apr 22 21:45 ksocket-root/
drwx------ 2 root root 40 Apr 22 21:10 mc-root/
root@slax:/tmp# mkdir 11c11040
root@slax:/tmp# lzm2dir ag
agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.lzm agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.tgz
root@slax:/tmp# lzm2dir agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.lzm 11c11040/
root@slax:/tmp# cd 11c11040/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040# ls
etc/ lib/ usr/ var/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040# cd etc/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/etc# ls
init.d/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/etc# cd init.d/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/etc/init.d# ls
agr_softmodem*
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/etc/init.d# cat agr_softmodem | more
#! /bin/bash
#
# agr_softmodem Install agere modem driver
#
# chkconfig: 2345 83 30
# description: Service script for Agere Soft Modem driver modules
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: agere modem modules
### END INIT INFO
# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions
group="uucp"
mode="666"
device="/dev/ttyAGS3"
case "$1" in
start)
echo "Starting Agere Soft Modem"
/sbin/insmod -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/agrmodem.ko; \
/sbin/insmod -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/agrserial.ko; \
daemon /usr/lib/AgereSoftModem/AgereMdmDaemon
if [ -e /dev/modem ]
then
:
else
ln -s $device /dev/modem
fi
;;
stop)
echo "Shutting down Agere Soft Modem"
killproc AgereMdmDaemon
/sbin/rmmod agrserial; \
/sbin/rmmod agrmodem; \
;;
restart|reload)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
*)
echo "Usage: agr_softmodem {start|stop|restart|reload}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/etc/init.d#
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/etc/init.d#
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/etc/init.d#
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/etc/init.d#
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/etc/init.d#
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/etc/init.d#
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/etc/init.d# ls
agr_softmodem*
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/etc/init.d# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/etc# ls
init.d/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/etc# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040# ls
etc/ lib/ usr/ var/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040# cd lib/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib# ls
modules/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib# cd modules/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules# ls
2.6.21.0-22/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules# cd 2.6.21.0-22/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22# ls
kernel/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22# cd kernel/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22/kernel# ls
drivers/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22/kernel# cd drivers/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22/kernel/drivers# ls
char/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22/kernel/drivers# cd char/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22/kernel/drivers/char# ls
agrmodem.ko agrserial.ko
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22/kernel/drivers/char# ls -l
total 1552
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1556675 Oct 9 2007 agrmodem.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19893 Oct 9 2007 agrserial.ko
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22/kernel/drivers/char# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22/kernel/drivers# ls
char/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22/kernel/drivers# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22/kernel# ls
drivers/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22/kernel# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22# ls
kernel/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules/2.6.21.0-22# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules# ls
2.6.21.0-22/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib/modules# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib# ls
modules/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/lib# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040# ls
etc/ lib/ usr/ var/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040# cd usr/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/usr# ls
lib/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/usr# cd lib/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/usr/lib# ls
AgereSoftModem/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/usr/lib# cd AgereSoftModem/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/usr/lib/AgereSoftModem# ls
AgereMdmDaemon* LICENSE
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/usr/lib/AgereSoftModem# cat LICENSE
Agere Systems Soft Modem End User SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
YOU SHOULD READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU
DOWNLOAD AND USE THE AGERE SYSTEMS SOFT MODEM LICENSED SOFTWARE. ONCE
YOU HAVE READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ITS TERMS, YOU MAY
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The terms and conditions of this Agreement will apply to the Agere
Systems Soft Modem Software (hereafter "Software") supplied under this
Agreement and any derivatives obtained therefrom, including any copy.
The term Software includes programs and related documentation supplied
herewith.
The following file is made available under the standard Linux license,
a copy of which may be found at <http://www.linux.org/info/gnu.html>.
serial26.c
These additional files are not derived from any Linux open source
content, and are subject to the following restrictions.
agrsoftmodem.c
agrmodem.h
linuxif.h
agrmodemlib.o
Makefile
agrinst
agruninst
agr_auxinst
agr_softmodem
README
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root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/usr/lib/AgereSoftModem# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/usr/lib# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/usr# ls
lib/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/usr# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040# ls
etc/ lib/ usr/ var/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040# cd var/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var# la
-bash: la: command not found
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var# ls
log/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var# cd log/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log# ls
packages/ removed_packages/ removed_scripts/ scripts/ setup/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log# cd scripts/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/scripts# ls
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/scripts# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log# cd setup/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/setup# ls
tmp/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/setup# cd tmp/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/setup/tmp# ls
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/setup/tmp# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/setup# ls
tmp/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/setup# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log# ls
packages/ removed_packages/ removed_scripts/ scripts/ setup/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log# cd packages/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/packages# ls
agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/packages# ls -l
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 624 Apr 22 21:50 agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/packages# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log# ls
packages/ removed_packages/ removed_scripts/ scripts/ setup/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log# cd re
removed_packages/ removed_scripts/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log# cd removed_
-bash: cd: removed_: No such file or directory
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log# cd rem
removed_packages/ removed_scripts/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log# cd removed_packages/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/removed_packages# ls
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/removed_packages# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log# cd rem
removed_packages/ removed_scripts/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log# cd removed_scripts/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/removed_scripts# ls
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/removed_scripts# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log# ls
packages/ removed_packages/ removed_scripts/ scripts/ setup/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log# cd scripts/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/scripts# ls
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log/scripts# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log# ls
packages/ removed_packages/ removed_scripts/ scripts/ setup/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var/log# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var# ls
log/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040/var# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040# ls
etc/ lib/ usr/ var/
root@slax:/tmp/11c11040# cd ..
root@slax:/tmp# ls
11c11040/ agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.tgz
kde-root/ mc-root/
agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.lzm fakeroot/ ksocket-root/
root@slax:/tmp#
On 4/23/08, Marvin Stodolsky <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There is one Linux distro having support for : 0x11c11040 chip modems
> on HDA cards
>
> Red Flag Linux http://www.redflag-linux.com/eindex.html
> for Kernel 2.6.21.0-22 provides a binary package supporting
> 0x11c11040 on HDA cards, Agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.rpm containing
> compiled agrmodem + agrserial
>
> After installing the kernel-2.6.21.0-22.rpm package from Red Flag Linux ,
> Agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.rpm is supported :
> http://wiki.opennet.ru/hp6510b
> You can Google search with: Agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.rpm
> Then Google will translate the
> Agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.rpm from Russian ( which I'll also append below)
>
> I'm currently trying some tests, that may provide a route around a
> full Red Flag Linux
> installation and will report on this later.
>
>
> MarvS
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: A.Chentsov <chentsov@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 10:08 PM
> Subject: Re: 0x11c11040 chip
> To: Marvin Stodolsky <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Hello Marvin
>
> Recently I've been contacted by Maxim Chirkov. He's HP notebook user.
> There's 0x11c11040 onboard modem. He found out that Red Flag Linux HP
> customer service centre (some Chinese company) provides linux driver
> for it but already built for some chinese linux distribution. This
> means its not workable for other kernels. Google
> "agere-driver-1.0-10dd.i386.rpm" to see details. Basically it
> agere-modem/serial pair with wellknown core agrmodemlib.o but its
> newer version 2.1.80. While we had 2.1.73
>
> Regards,
> A. Chentsov
>
