Re: Yuly,Canada This is kernel 2.6.34 64b

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The slamr driver does in fact support FAX, but the driver can only be
used in 32 bit mode.

There is no case I know of an ALSA driver supporting a 1057:3052 chipset modem.

MarvS
scanModem

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 5:36 AM, Jacques Goldberg
<goldberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yuly,
>
>
> May I suggest that you study
> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-fourth/msg02594.html ?
>
>
> The person named Sasha there is the author of the various versions of
> slamr/slmodem.
>
>
> The document is old so if you try to reproduce what Owen did you should of
> course not use the now obsolete softwares which he used but the versions
> matching your kernel.
>
> Perhaps the most significant contribution made to Linmodems by Sasha is the
> Smartlink and compatible chipset driver using ALSA which frees the
> application from copyrighted software.
>
> But Âit may happen that the open ALSA driver does not (yet?) work with some
> chipset.
>
>
> IF YOU SUCCEED PLEASE LET US KNOW.
>
>
> Important remark: your SM56, as you know, is a Winmodem. If you consider
> serious FAXing, this is not the right hardware. Consider buying a hardware
> controlled modem.
>
>
> Jacques
>
>
> On 12/28/2010 02:31 AM, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>
>> Yuly,
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Yuly B<yuly@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Âwrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for the quick response.
>>> If i understand you correctly, I'm out of luck ? :(
>>
>> Read carefully what I posted. ÂYou are in uncharted territory.
>>
>>> Don't know whenever Âit is the relevant place to ask, Is there any
>>> kind of work performed in this direction? Anything i can help with?
>>
>> Not that I know off, but you are trying to get it to work. ÂI don't
>> know, I wish I knew more, but from past experience. ÂThe driver is for
>> 32 bit linux, and I know you can make it work there. ÂBut in 64 bit
>> linux, I have no expertise or have heard success stories. ÂHope Marv,
>> or Ahmed can guide you better.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Antonio
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Yuly
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Antonio Olivares
>>> <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> Âwrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yuly,
>>>>
>>>> You got the right packages, but they are known to work only on 32 bit
>>>> linux, not 64 bit :(, I don't know how to advise? ÂI will attach
>>>> relevant output of scanModem,
>>>>
>>>> Predictive Âdiagnostics for card in bus 09:01.0:
>>>> Â Â Â ÂModem chipset Âdetected on
>>>> NAME="Modem: Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem "
>>>> CLASS=0703
>>>> PCIDEV=1057:3052
>>>> SUBSYS=1057:3020
>>>> IRQ=16
>>>> IDENT=slamr
>>>>
>>>> ÂFor candidate modem in: Â09:01.0
>>>> Â 0703 Modem: Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem
>>>> Â Â ÂPrimary device ID: Â1057:3052
>>>> ÂSupport type needed or chipset: Â Â Â Âslamr
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Â1057:3052 has a Motorola chipset, poorly supported by Motorola itself
>>>> ÂHowever Zello discovered that drivers written to support Smartlink
>>>> modems do support the 1057:3052 chipset!!
>>>> ÂIt sufficed to add 1057:3052 to the list of modem cards recognized by
>>>> the Smartlink slamr driver.
>>>> ÂThere is a ungrab-winmodem driver used in conjunction with slamr,
>>>> which must have 1057:3052
>>>> Âsimilarly added. See messages from Zello:
>>>>
>>>> Âhttp://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-seventh/msg00846.html
>>>>
>>>> Âhttp://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-seventh/msg00848.html
>>>> Âand Alvaro Aguirre about the ungrab-winmodem fix:
>>>>
>>>> Âhttp://linmodems.technion.ac.il/bigarch/archive-seventh/msg00990.html
>>>> ÂFor general guidance on ungrab-winmodem + slamr usage, read the
>>>> DOCs/Smartlink.txt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There is a package sl-modem-source providing a source code the modem
>>>> driver Â,
>>>> If can be searched for at http://pacakge.ubuntu.com. ÂAfter
>>>> downloading install under Linux with:
>>>> Â$ sudo dpkg -i sl*.deb
>>>> If DKMS support installed, driver updates with kernel updates will be
>>>> automatically done.
>>>>
>>>> The modem is supported by the Smartlink
>>>> plus the slmodemd helper utility. ÂRead the
>>>> DOCs/Smartlink.txt and Modem/DOCs/YourSystem.txt for follow through
>>>> guidance.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For 2.6.34 compiling drivers is necessary. As of October 2007 the
>>>> current packages at
>>>> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/ Âare the
>>>> ungrab-winmodem-20070505.tar.gz and slmodem-2.9.11-20080126.tar.gz
>>>>
>>>> Writing DOCs/Smartlink.txt
>>>> ============ end Smartlink section =====================
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does not mention that slamr.ko is only good for 32 bit and not 64 bit
>>>> linux. ÂIt is different from the slusb.ko for 64 bit here:
>>>>
>>>> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/slusb64bit.txt
>>>>
>>>> You are in unchartered territory, and I would like to advice you, I
>>>> don't know how. ÂI have experience with martian_modem for some Agere
>>>> Lucent Winmodems,and with smartlink modems but only in 32 bit :(
>>>>
>>>> You have successfully done the following: ?
>>>>
>>>> $ su -
>>>> passwd:
>>>> # modprobe slamr
>>>> # modprobe ungrab-winmodem
>>>>
>>>> provided you also compiled ungrab-winmodem? Âand then
>>>> # slmodemd -c CANADA /dev/slamr0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hope to get more information as this is unheard of for smartlink modems.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Antonio
>>>>
>>>> CC'ing also original maintainer of slmodem code? ÂSasha K.
>>>> Maybe there is some new information that will make the modem work in 64
>>>> bit?
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Yuly B<yuly@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Âwrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> Attached is ModemData.txt.
>>>>> Basically, I'm trying to setup SM56 modem on 64b system.
>>>>> Tried all packages at
>>>>> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/
>>>>> All but last ,slmodem-2.9.11-20100718.tar.gz Â, failed to compile.
>>>>> The slmodem-2.9.11-20100718.tar.gz Âcompile is good but does not
>>>>> compile slamr module as it is not 64b compatible.
>>>>> Can anyone please advice?
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Yuly
>>>>>
>
>



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