However, There is still a problem during loading. $ sudo modprobe ungrab-serial is OK. But then: $ sudo modprobe v8250 Jan 25 23:44:25 marvlap kernel: [ 6774.072119] Serial: virtual 8250/16550 driver 8 ports Jan 25 23:44:25 marvlap kernel: [ 6774.073285] proc_dir_entry 'driver/serial' already registered Jan 25 23:44:25 marvlap kernel: [ 6774.073295] Pid: 8900, comm: modprobe Tainted: P 2.6.27-9-generic #1 Jan 25 23:44:25 marvlap kernel: [ 6774.073300] [<c037c4b6>] ? printk+0x1d/0x1f Jan 25 23:44:25 marvlap kernel: [ 6774.073310] [<c01f3eb2>] proc_register+0x1a2/0x1d0 Jan 25 23:44:25 marvlap kernel: [ 6774.073335] [<c01f3fe9>] create_proc_entry+0x59/0xa0 Jan 25 23:44:25 marvlap kernel: [ 6774.073340] [<c01f5b4d>] proc_tty_register_driver+0x3d/0x70 Jan 25 23:44:25 marvlap kernel: [ 6774.073345] [<c02a1002>] tty_register_driver+0x122/0x200 Jan 25 23:44:25 marvlap kernel: [ 6774.073357] [<c02bacb7>] uart_register_driver+0x167/0x190 Jan 25 23:44:25 marvlap kernel: [ 6774.073367] [<de85a0b7>] serial8250_init+0xb7/0xbe [v8250] Jan 25 23:44:25 marvlap kernel: [ 6774.073378] [<de85a000>] ? serial8250_init+0x0/0xbe [v8250] Jan 25 23:44:25 marvlap kernel: [ 6774.073383] [<c0101120>] _stext+0x30/0x160 Jan 25 23:44:25 marvlap kernel: [ 6774.073398] [<c014c604>] ? __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x14/0x70 Jan 25 23:44:25 marvlap kernel: [ 6774.073417] [<c015c208>] sys_init_module+0x88/0x1b0 Jan 25 23:44:25 marvlap kernel: [ 6774.073424] [<c0103f7b>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x2f Jan 25 23:44:25 marvlap kernel: [ 6774.073429] $ sudo modprobe ltmodem did load: $ lsmod Module Size Used by ltmodem 568304 0 v8250 19488 1 ltmodem ungrab_serial 10112 1 ltmodem I can't functilnally test without the modem hardware. But with the errors during v8250 loading, it is doubtful that there would be function. Philippe Note that the install went ERRONIOUSLY to the 2.6.27.2 modules tree. This is due to an error in the linux-headers packages which I have reported. $ ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.27.2/extra total 600 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 568974 2009-01-25 23:13 ltmodem.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12324 2009-01-25 23:13 ungrab-serial.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23116 2009-01-25 23:13 v8250.ko Correct this problem with: sudo mv /lib/modules/2.6.27.2/extra/*.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/extra/ After which: ls -lh /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/extra/*.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 556K 2009-01-25 23:13 /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/extra/ltmodem.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13K 2009-01-25 23:13 /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/extra/ungrab-serial.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23K 2009-01-25 23:13 /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/extra/v8250.ko $ sudo depmod -a After which there are the loading errors reported above. MarvS On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Marvin Stodolsky <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Joshua & Bjorn > > Thanks, found it, Changing in v8250.c line 181 > from > struct tty_struct *tty = up->port.info->tty; > to > struct tty_struct *tty = up->port.info->port.tty; > enables the compile, though I lack the hardware for a functional test. > > MarvS > > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Joshua Gordon Crawford > <jgcrawford@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 2009/1/25 Marvin Stodolsky <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx>: >>> >>> /usr/src/modules/ltmodem$ make modules >>> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/build >>> M="/usr/src/modules/ltmodem" modules >>> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic' >>> CC [M] /usr/src/modules/ltmodem/v8250.o >>> /usr/src/modules/ltmodem/v8250.c: In function 'receive_chars': >>> /usr/src/modules/ltmodem/v8250.c:181: error: 'struct uart_info' has no >>> member named 'tty' >>> make[2]: *** [/usr/src/modules/ltmodem/v8250.o] Error 1 >>> make[1]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/ltmodem] Error 2 >>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic' >>> make: *** [modules] Error 2 >> >> Marv, this is the same as the problem I reported for agrsm-20080203. >> The struct uart_info has changed slightly with linux 2.6.27. Take a >> look at line 181 in v8250.c, and you'll see a reference like "->tty". >> Just change that to "->port.tty" and it should compile just fine. >> -- >> Joshua Crawford ... http://geocities.com/mortarn >> >> http://www.rewardscentral.com.au/Join/Default.aspx?refer=mortarn >> Be rewarded! Join RewardsCentral today! >> >
