Antonio,
I think I am beginning to understand now. So neither the "?mdv"
series nor the "agrsm-20090502" driver support the 630, correct?
And it doesn't matter what kernel you use?
--
WBR, Nikolay Zhuravlev
Thus spake Antonio Olivares (olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx):
> Thanks Nikolay,
>
> But the mdv sources do not support my modem. The support is
> experimental as Marv has added the 11c1:0630 chipset:
>
> For candidate card in slot 03:00.0, firmware information and bootup
> diagnostics are:
> PCI slot PCI ID SubsystemID Name
> ---------- --------- --------- --------------
> 03:00.0 11c1:0630 11c1:0630 Communication
> controller: Agere Systems
> Unknown device 0630
>
>
> I tried to follow the directions carefully but to no avail. The
> kernel encounters a bug. This was just to try it out and report back
> output.
>
>
> root@slax:~/agrsm-20090502# make clean
> rm -fR agrsoftmodem.o serial26.o \
> *.ko *.mod.* \
> agrmodem.o agrserial.o serial26.o lib.o \
> agrmodem.{o,ko,mod.{c,o}} \
> agrserial.{o,ko,mod.{c,o}} \
> Module.* modules.order \
> .*.cmd .tmp_versions
> root@slax:~/agrsm-20090502# ./configure
> bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
> root@slax:~/agrsm-20090502# make KERNEL_DIR=/lib/modules/2.6.27.8/build
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27.8/build SUBDIRS=/root/agrsm-20090502 modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.8'
>
> WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.8/Module.symvers
> is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.
>
> CC [M] /root/agrsm-20090502/agrsoftmodem.o
> CC [M] /root/agrsm-20090502/lib.o
> /root/agrsm-20090502/lib.c: In function 'agr_pci_find_device':
> /root/agrsm-20090502/lib.c:134: warning: 'pci_find_device' is
> deprecated (declared at include/linux/pci.h:543)
> /root/agrsm-20090502/lib.c: In function 'x_pcibios_read_config_byte':
> /root/agrsm-20090502/lib.c:145: warning: 'pci_find_slot' is deprecated
> (declared at include/linux/pci.h:545)
> /root/agrsm-20090502/lib.c: In function 'x_pcibios_read_config_word':
> /root/agrsm-20090502/lib.c:148: warning: 'pci_find_slot' is deprecated
> (declared at include/linux/pci.h:545)
> /root/agrsm-20090502/lib.c: In function 'x_pcibios_read_config_dword':
> /root/agrsm-20090502/lib.c:151: warning: 'pci_find_slot' is deprecated
> (declared at include/linux/pci.h:545)
> /root/agrsm-20090502/lib.c: In function 'x_pcibios_write_config_byte':
> /root/agrsm-20090502/lib.c:154: warning: 'pci_find_slot' is deprecated
> (declared at include/linux/pci.h:545)
> /root/agrsm-20090502/lib.c: In function 'x_pcibios_write_config_word':
> /root/agrsm-20090502/lib.c:157: warning: 'pci_find_slot' is deprecated
> (declared at include/linux/pci.h:545)
> /root/agrsm-20090502/lib.c: In function 'x_pcibios_write_config_dword':
> /root/agrsm-20090502/lib.c:160: warning: 'pci_find_slot' is deprecated
> (declared at include/linux/pci.h:545)
> CC [M] /root/agrsm-20090502/serial26.o
> /root/agrsm-20090502/serial26.c: In function 'serial8250_get_mctrl':
> /root/agrsm-20090502/serial26.c:1371: warning: unused variable 'flags'
> /root/agrsm-20090502/serial26.c: In function 'serial8250_config_port':
> /root/agrsm-20090502/serial26.c:2039: warning: unused variable 'ret'
> /root/agrsm-20090502/serial26.c: At top level:
> /root/agrsm-20090502/serial26.c:2131: warning: initialization from
> incompatible pointer type
> /root/agrsm-20090502/serial26.c:2132: warning: initialization from
> incompatible pointer type
> /root/agrsm-20090502/serial26.c:1922: warning:
> 'serial8250_request_rsa_resource' defined but not used
> LD [M] /root/agrsm-20090502/agrmodem.o
> LD [M] /root/agrsm-20090502/agrserial.o
> Building modules, stage 2.
> MODPOST 2 modules
> WARNING: modpost: Found 3 section mismatch(es).
> To see full details build your kernel with:
> 'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y'
> CC /root/agrsm-20090502/agrmodem.mod.o
> LD [M] /root/agrsm-20090502/agrmodem.ko
> CC /root/agrsm-20090502/agrserial.mod.o
> LD [M] /root/agrsm-20090502/agrserial.ko
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.8'
> root@slax:~/agrsm-20090502# make install
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27.8/build M="/root/agrsm-20090502" modules_install
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.8'
> INSTALL /root/agrsm-20090502/agrmodem.ko
> INSTALL /root/agrsm-20090502/agrserial.ko
> DEPMOD 2.6.27.8
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.8'
> if ! /sbin/modprobe -nq agrmodem.ko ; then /sbin/depmod -a; fi
> root@slax:~/agrsm-20090502# ls /lib/modules/2.6.27.8/extra/
> agrmodem.ko agrserial.ko
> root@slax:~/agrsm-20090502# ls /lib/modules/2.6.27.8/extra/agr
> agrmodem.ko agrserial.ko
>
> Part of dmesg follows:
>
> agrmodem: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
> agrsm: created 0 infos
> Loading module Agere Modem Controller driver version 2.1.60.0.Linspire
> (2005-11-16)
> ttyAGS3 at I/O 0x400 (irq = 3) is a AgereModem
> agrserial: Loading module Agere Modem Interface driver version
> 2.1.60.0.Linspire (2005-11-16)
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000004
> IP: [<f97bbd33>] :agrmodem:LXSoftModemStart+0x23/0x230
> *pde = 00000000
> Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
> Modules linked in: agrserial agrmodem(P) snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss
> snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss
> pcmcia pcmcia_core agpgart lp ppdev parport_pc parport pcspkr isp1760
> snd_hda_intel forcedeth sg snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc snd_hwdep
> psmouse serio_raw k8temp hwmon i2c_nforce2 snd soundcore evdev fuse
> aufs squashfs sqlzma unlzma [last unloaded: pcmcia_core]
>
> Pid: 8607, comm: kppp Tainted: P (2.6.27.8 #1)
> EIP: 0060:[<f97bbd33>] EFLAGS: 00010292 CPU: 0
> EIP is at LXSoftModemStart+0x23/0x230 [agrmodem]
> EAX: 00000008 EBX: f9422a08 ECX: fffb6000 EDX: f9421580
> ESI: 00000000 EDI: e684b378 EBP: e68b3dec ESP: e68b3d64
> DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068
> Process kppp (pid: 8607, ti=e68b2000 task=f71f8000 task.ti=e68b2000)
> Stack: c0882784 00000008 f97f6821 00000001 c14d05a0 c0156647 00000001 00000044
> e682d000 c08fe200 00000080 00000001 00000000 00000000 000280d0 c0882784
> 00000246 00000000 00000001 00000000 00000000 c087ed00 c087ed00 f9422a08
> Call Trace:
> [<c0156647>] get_page_from_freelist+0x2c7/0x440
> [<f97b7306>] linux_modem_open+0x26/0x110 [agrmodem]
> [<f9711395>] modemPortOpen+0x5/0x10 [agrmodem]
> [<f941fee5>] serial8250_startup+0x195/0x2f0 [agrserial]
> [<c03cd0e5>] uart_startup+0x45/0x140
> [<c03ceb11>] uart_open+0xf1/0x3f0
> [<c03b8954>] check_tty_count+0x14/0xb0
> [<c036141f>] kobject_get+0xf/0x20
> [<c03cea20>] uart_open+0x0/0x3f0
> [<c03bb56c>] tty_open+0x14c/0x2f0
> [<c0178834>] chrdev_open+0x94/0x180
> [<c0173db3>] __dentry_open+0xb3/0x230
> [<c0173f77>] nameidata_to_filp+0x47/0x60
> [<c01787a0>] chrdev_open+0x0/0x180
> [<c01806dc>] do_filp_open+0x17c/0x750
> [<c0160435>] handle_mm_fault+0x105/0x640
> [<c0173ba2>] do_sys_open+0x52/0xf0
> [<c0173cbc>] sys_open+0x2c/0x40
> [<c0103262>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> =======================
> Code: 00 89 d8 eb a7 8d 76 00 55 b8 21 68 7f f9 89 e5 57 56 53 83 ec
> 7c 8b 75 08 89 44 24 08 c7 45 e4 78 56 34 12 8d 46 08 89 44 24 04 <8b>
> 46 04 89 04 24 e8 e2 13 00 00 85 c0 89 c3 0f 88 68 01 00 00
> EIP: [<f97bbd33>] LXSoftModemStart+0x23/0x230 [agrmodem] SS:ESP 0068:e68b3d64
> ---[ end trace 5deb0852d40a7e52 ]---
>
> On the other hand I made a module(slax module) that could be tested
> with 11c11040 chipsets. I posted on slax forum and would like more
> feedback on it so that I can fix it and hope that more users benefit
> from these drivers.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Antonio
>
> On 5/17/09, Nikolay Zhuravlev <xxor@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Antonio,
> >
> > Thus spake Antonio Olivares (olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx):
> >
> > [skip]
> >> root@slax:~# ln -s /dev/ttyAGS3 /dev/ttySAG
> >
> > The name of the device shall be /dev/ttySAGR
> > To better diagnose the problem, I would suggest building
> > the driver "7mdv" manually from source,
> > install it with 'make modules_install' and see if
> > wvdialconf can recognize it:
> >
> > # kill all the funny Agr...Daemons, etc first, next:
> > $ sudo modprobe -r agrserial
> > $ sudo modprobe -r agrmodem
> > $ sudo find /lib/modules -name "agr*" -type f -exec rm -f {} \;
> > $ make
> > $ sudo make modules_install
> > $ sudo modprobe agrmodem
> > $ sudo modprobe agrserial
> > $ sudo ln -s /dev/ttyAGS3 /dev/ttySAGR
> > $ sudo wvdialconf /dev/wvdial.conf
> >
> >
> > [skip]
> >> I also see some differences between the packages, namely the
> >> agrms-2.1.80-7mdv2009.0 and the agrsm-20090502 packages.
> >
> > They are for the different hardware, I think. The "7mdv" shall work for the
> > 11c11140 chipset that sits on the HDA audio. I am not sure what other
> > chipset
> > it supports and how well. The agrsm-20090502 does not have the HDA layer
> > support, hence it doesn't support 11c11140 on HDA, and its codebase is/was
> > different from the "mdv" sources.
> >
> >> 5) I am more confused now than what I was before, the
> >> agrsm-2.1.80mdv2009.0 package should be more appropriate for the
> >> 11c11040 chipset than the others:
> >>
> >> 11c1:0630, 11c1:0620, 11c1:0630 and 11c1:048c(or f)
> >>
> >> This is how I interpret the results.
> >
> > Were the chipsets that you mention (11c1:0630, 11c1:0620,
> > 11c1:0630 and 11c1:048) supported by earlier release
> > of the "mdv" sources, like the "4mdv" sources available
> > at the Zsolt site, for example? What did you use before?
> >
> > --
> > WBR, Nikolay Zhuravlev
> >
