Bjorn, Our agrsm packages simple lack the support to work in the HighDefinition Audio card format wherein the 11c11040 chip resides. MarvS On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Bjorn Wielens <Uniacke1@xxxxxxxx> wrote:> Whilst fiddling with these drivers on SuSE 10.3, (2.6.22-16, I think)> I noticed that I had obtained agrmodem and agrserial modules from somewhere> else (probably the Technion linmodems area, filename agrsm-20080203.tar.gz)> that would successfully load in my kernel.> They DID detect the modem and created /dev/ttyAGS3, but on dialling, wvdial> segfaults.> I know little of kernel programming mechanics, but it's probably not a> matter of patching these to use ALSA through SLMODEMD, is it?> Bjorn.>>>> rn> > Hello, Marvin> >> > I tested REDFLAG agere modem module with Ubuntu kernel 2.6.22-14-generic,> > and the problems are:> > - one: change in ALSA version: no problem, I patched with same ALSA> > version in 2.6.21.> > - two: Ubuntu 2.6.22 is compiled with SLUB allocator memory, and 2.6.21 of> > REDFLAG is compiled with SLAB allocator, so this is imposible change it> > whithout compile completly the kernel 2.6.22 with SLAB. For testing, i> > recompiled 2.6.22 Ubuntu kernel, with SLAB allocator, all it was OK.> >> > The agere module loaded successfully (with modprobe forcing options), and> > it appeared ok (modem detected OK, and devices create OK). But when i> > configure d gnome-ppp, the kernel crashed in SLAB, so this is imposible.> >> > So it is necessary to has the modem source and recompile (and to adapt> > source code), because in the kernel there are changes in memory> > allocation.> >> > Jose Luis> >> > ---------------------------- Mensaje original ----------------------------> > Asunto: Re: modem chip 11c11040> > De: "Marvin Stodolsky" <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx>> > Fecha: Sab, 10 de Mayo de 2008, 4:33 am> > Para: "Antonis Tsolomitis" <antonis.tsolomitis@xxxxxxxxx>> > Cc: discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > "Mark Spieth" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------> >> > Antonis,> > To get the linux-image-2.6.21.0-22.deb package to work with grub,> > I had to do some manipulations of the config files.> > 1) Unpacked the kernel-2.6.21.0-22.rpm using the Debian tool alien> > 2) Replaced the Red Flag config files with Debian style config files> > This crucially included redirection to tools that Debian/Ubuntu uses> > for building the first boot stage RAM disk image,> > initramfs-2.6.21.0-22 (or similar name, not under Linux now> > 3) Assembled the linux-image-2.6.21.0-22.deb using the the debian> > packaging command> > $ debian/rules binary> > which gets info from the Debian style config files> >> > I suspect you Mandriva process failed because the assembly tools> > couldn't properly under the Fedora like config files of> > kernel-2.6.21.0-22.rpm> > Someone erudite in the differences between Mandriva and Fedora would> > be able to work this through.> >> > While not yet definitive, the Red Flag agrmodem.ko & agrserial.ko pair> > will I suspect only work with kernels compiled with gcc-4.1.1> >> > I have tried to get the drivers to load under a Ubuntu> > 2.6.22-14-generic kernel, compiled under gcc-4.1.2> > But I have gotten a failure message indicative of compiler version> mismatch.> > This was even with agrmodem.ko cosmetically masked with Mark Spieth's> > fixscript2 tool, so that it appeared to be kernel-version matched with> > 2.6.22-14-generic> >> > For this reason, every one trying to use these drivers with other> > kernels should also check there compiler version with:> > $ gcc --dumpversion> > or> > $ gcc -v> > (not under Linux now to check the syntax)> >> > MarvS> >> > Check your g> >> >> > > I just want to report failure with the rpm kernel.> > >> > > rpm -ihv kernel...rpm> > >> > > Notice that this rpm does not add a grub entry.> > > I did that manually. But the kernel fails to boot with strange error.> > > (the installation is Mandriva 2008 last rc before 2008.1)> > >> > > Since I read that there was success with Debian I guess the process will> > > move on> > > for other kernels too.> > >> > > Antonis.> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> > --------------------------------------> > José Luis Díez Ruiz> > Dpto. de Sistemas> >> > SUMINISTROS Y DESARROLLOS TECNOLOGICOS S.L.> > C/ Torres Quevedo, 82> > 41800 Sanlucar La Mayor (Sevilla)> > Tel. (+34) 954 78 50 22> > Fax. (+34) 955 70 37 77> > e-mail joseluis.diez@xxxxxx> > web www.sdt.es> >> >> >> >>> __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around> http://mail.yahoo.com>
