With 8.0, on Asus K7V (via 686A chip), kernel-2.4.5-8mdk(via rpm) seems to
improve buffered disk speed reported by # hdparm -Tt on my Seagate ST310212A ide
drive by, maybe, 75%. However, my Actiontec/Lucent pci modem (PCI56012-01CW),
which works in 7.2 and 8.0 w/2.4.3-20mdk with the following command:
# setserial /dev/modem uart 16550A port 0x9400 irq 10
where the parameters are derived from a
$ cat /proc/pci
Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics Venus Modem (V90, 56KFlex)
(rev 0).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=252.Max Lat=14.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdd800000 [0xdd8000ff].
I/O at 0x9400 [0x94ff].
I/O at 0x9000 [0x90ff].
I/O at 0x8800 [0x8807].
returns "Cannot setserial info Address already in use" sort of error in 8.0
w/2.4.5-8.
I have tried to setserial with the other I/O values and output from # setserial
-G, which return without error, but this gives "Modem busy" or "Modem not
responding" messages in kppp.
Not a big pb for me but curious in that the only change is a kernel version and
wondering if this portends an erosion of the tenuous support of a marginal piece
of hardware or, perhaps, a bug. Thanks.
rolf
