Ehsan, Thanks very much for the report. Would you please describe in more detail what you mean by " pass an invalid Init Script" so I may do a fix, and also the full record of the compile. There have been compile failures with some earlier kernels Unfortunately nothing can be done about the compression issues, as that is in the pre-compiled code section provided by Agere/LSI MarvS scanModem maintainer On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 3:56 AM, Ehsan Aali <ehssan.aali@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All: > > I am writing to this mailing list to report my succes in compiling. > installing and using my laptop's modem (Agere systems HDA modem) after 3 > months ! > > I managed to have a working driver by using the package > 'agrsm-11c11040-2.1.80~20091225.tar.bz2' on my Gentoo box running kernel > 2.6.31 (unpatched from kernel.org) > > The only issue is that if I pass an invalid Init Script, the system > completely freezes and I have to restart. > > It's my third time that I am struggling with WinModems under linux, the > first time was about 10 years ago and with an internal Motorola fax-modem > which I could not managed to make it working, second time I managed to have > the modem recognized and could even dial out and connect but the download > speed was so slow, in comparison with Windows overall performance, > > Now as I forgot the last exprience I enthusiastically started to work on > Agere driver and yesterday i had it working but unfortunately the speed is > less than what i get in Windows and I have to frequently switch the > Operating systems in order to use my dial-up conenction. > > I investigate the matter and it seems lack of compression in PPP and > possibily other OS+Driver related issues (which am not really aware of > details) make the conection slower in Linux (lots of ISPs which offer > dial-up connections still use Windows Servers and due to this all Linux > clients are unable to use compression methods.) > > Anyway I appreciate it if you guys let me know of any options to speed up my > dial-up connection in Linux environment, although I guess nothing will > enhance the exprience more. > > Final advise to all : Leave the WinModems alone ,buy a real modem, it does > not worth the headache. > > Best Regards, > Ehsan Aali. >
