Jayjwa, Have you tried Phillipe Vouter's lastest driver(s): http://vouters.dyndns.org:8080/Intel/intel-536EP-537EP_2009_07_04.tar.bz2 I am connecting without problems on 2.6.30.1. Have not compiled 2.6.30.2 on this machine yet, but I believe everything should work. Regards, Antonio On 7/22/09, jayjwa <jayjwa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Has there been any progress in the Intel536 one-connection-only problem? > There > was some activity about IRQ conflicts and possibly this same issue, but > looking back through my recent linmodems emails I don't see it anymore. > > Issue: > > > Since 2.6.30, the 536 driver only allows one connect. If it dies, or the > user > closes it, another cannot be made. Attempting to start pppd, the only > message > on failure is: > > > 2009-07-22T15:57:49.853127-04:00 atr2 pppd[28736]: Failed to open > /dev/536ep: Bad address > > > Removing the module appears to work, as does re-insertion, but then on > subsequent calls to pppd: > > > > # pppd call isp > > BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ebffffff > IP: [<c0159906>] cdev_get+0xb/0x33 > *pde = 00000000 > Oops: 0000 [#1] > last sysfs file: /sys/module/Intel536/refcnt > Modules linked in: Intel536 wlan_scan_ap ath_rate_minstrel ath_pci wlan > ath_hal sha256_generic cbc dm_round_robin dm_multipath dm_snapshot dm_zero > dm_crypt dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat > nf_nat xt_comment xt_iprange xt_multiport ipt_REJECT ipt_LOG xt_limit > nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack iptable_filter > ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async ppp_generic slhc xfs exportfs twofish_i586 > twofish_common aes_i586 aes_generic msr cpuid microcode camellia cryptd > des_generic serpent sha1_generic sha512_generic blowfish lp hangcheck_timer > i915 i2c_i801 pcspkr parport_pc parport rtc_cmos uhci_hcd ehci_hcd iTCO_wdt > configfs tcp_highspeed ipv6 snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq_dummy > snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_dummy snd_intel8x0 > snd_intel8x0m snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm snd_timer snd snd_page_alloc ac97_bus > soundcore [last > unloaded: Intel536] > > Pid: 28756, comm: pppd Not tainted (2.6.30.1 #1) D300 > EIP: 0060:[<c0159906>] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 0 > EIP is at cdev_get+0xb/0x33 > EAX: e4582708 EBX: ebffffff ECX: c03767b8 EDX: d7063400 > ESI: 00000000 EDI: d7063400 EBP: c0159a34 ESP: dc7b0e88 > DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0033 SS: 0068 > Process pppd (pid: 28756, ti=dc7b0000 task=dd42ca50 task.ti=dc7b0000) > Stack: > dcc925c0 e4582708 c0159ac5 c0167081 dc7b0f0c df0ce500 d7063400 dcc925c0 > c0159a34 c01563f6 00000000 dcccfd80 dcccfd80 d7063400 00000803 dc7b0f78 > c0156574 d7063400 00000000 d7063d80 dc7b0f0c 00000000 c015f32a c1866000 > Call Trace: > [<c0159ac5>] ? chrdev_open+0x91/0xfc > [<c0167081>] ? mntput_no_expire+0x16/0x9b > [<c0159a34>] ? chrdev_open+0x0/0xfc > [<c01563f6>] ? __dentry_open+0x10c/0x1f5 > [<c0156574>] ? nameidata_to_filp+0x29/0x3a > [<c015f32a>] ? do_filp_open+0x38b/0x623 > [<c0149852>] ? do_wp_page+0x1b6/0x3dc > [<c016613a>] ? alloc_fd+0x46/0xa5 > [<c01561fd>] ? do_sys_open+0x45/0xd3 > [<c01562cf>] ? sys_open+0x1e/0x23 > [<c01026c8>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x26 > Code: 8a ec 00 00 00 89 8a e8 00 00 00 c7 82 f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8b 48 > 2c 39 f9 75 cc 5b 5e 5f c3 56 53 8b 58 24 85 db 74 13 31 f6 <83> 3b 02 74 1e > 8d 93 28 01 00 00 ff 83 28 01 00 00 e8 da 43 06 > EIP: [<c0159906>] cdev_get+0xb/0x33 SS:ESP 0068:dc7b0e88 > CR2: 00000000ebffffff > ---[ end trace ad2097a3f9102d48 ]--- > > > The end result is, if the link goes down, you have to reboot the entire > system > to get back online! > > > Kern: 2.6.30.1 (but same issue as with 2.6.30) > 01:01.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 536EP Data Fax Modem > Src package: intel-536-537_2009_06_22.tar.bz2 > > >
