[speedtouch] Re: Speedtouch line going down under Linux
Hi Ed, A search through the WindowsXP directory brought to light that the very old file alcaudsl.sys is still there. Not a suprise as I used the installation disk from 06-06-2002 to load the speedtouch driver under WindowsXP after I had installed WindowsXP. So I suppose it is the one used by WindowsXp. file: /Windows/C/WINDOWS/system32/drivers/alcaudsl.sys md5sum: 8080b5ea17a763bbce6c92bbc6ceefe8 The firmware files that I have been using for years for all Linux distributions are: /lib/firmware/speedtch-1.bin md5sum: be58aef97d8435dce070c96574c06564 /lib/firmware/speedtch-2.bin md5sum: 4dc23adb72007919f30d50ebcf222f8a I tried to find the .inf files that contain the words you mentioned using search commands like: grep -rsiH modem /Windows/C/WINDOWS/* | grep -rsi option grep -rsiH DSL /Windows/C/WINDOWS/* | grep -rsi Max but none had anything the like. try searching for alcaudsl. alcaudsl is found in file /Windows/C/WINDOWS/setupapi.log and /Windows/C/WINDOWS/inf/oem9.inf What file setupapi.log says is that it understands the driver program to be of 06-06-2002, what matches with the date of alcaudsl.sys and that it installs from section [alcaudsl.Install] in h:\windows\inf\oem9.inf. Looks as if alcaudsl.sys is the microcode that is loaded. I only find the files /Windows/C/WINDOWS/inf/oem8.inf /Windows/C/WINDOWS/inf/oem9.inf that contain words like speedtouch or alcatel. So, as a consequence, I do not find any parameter information. Suppose I boot into WindowsXP, is there some manner in which I can retrieve information about the parameters you mentioned? Not really. You can use a usb snooper to see what windows is sending to the modem, but that's not for the faint hearted. Do you see the message OAM not supported in dmesg output? No. It is not there. Would it be an idea to use the alcaudsl.sys microcode as suggested in the README file of the speedtouchconf project? Alternatively: can you tell me how to change parameters of the speedtch module using the modprobe command? Regards, Ed Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:speedtouch-requ...@ml.free.fr?subject=unsubscribe
[speedtouch] Re: Speedtouch line going down under Linux
Hi Ed, pop up every 10 minutes. What is strange is that this behavior does not happen under WindowsXP. Distributions like OpenSuSE however suffer from this problem. Ubuntu 9.04 is even worse. Under Unbuntu, the modem is more busy with synchronizing than with serving my connection. perhaps the modem needs newer firmware to handle these speeds. Are you using the same firmware as with windows XP? It may also be that the modem needs to be initialized differently (all kinds of mysterious stuff happens at modem initialization time, and it's not clear what it is). In the windows .inf file you may find settings like BMaxDSL, ModemMode and ModemOption, perhaps not with exactly those names. These seem to be important parameters, and we managed to implement them as module parameters for the speedtch module. The default values are 8128, 11 and 0x10,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x20 respectively. Try changing these to the values you see in your .inf file. The values can be set using modprobe. Good luck, Duncan. Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:speedtouch-requ...@ml.free.fr?subject=unsubscribe
[speedtouch] Re: Speedtouch line going down under Linux
Hi Giampaolo, Duncan, what about adding speed, signal strength, agreed ADSL standard and bins composition to the driver's procfs file? Unfortunately I don't know how to get anything except the speed. The speed is already reported to the ATM layer. Ciao, Duncan. Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:speedtouch-requ...@ml.free.fr?subject=unsubscribe
[speedtouch] Re: Speedtouch line going down under Linux
Hi Ed, pop up every 10 minutes. What is strange is that this behavior does not happen under WindowsXP. Distributions like OpenSuSE however suffer from this problem. Ubuntu 9.04 is even worse. Under Unbuntu, the modem is more busy with synchronizing than with serving my connection. perhaps the modem needs newer firmware to handle these speeds. Are you using the same firmware as with windows XP? It may also be that the modem needs to be initialized differently (all kinds of mysterious stuff happens at modem initialization time, and it's not clear what it is). In the windows .inf file you may find settings like BMaxDSL, ModemMode and ModemOption, perhaps not with exactly those names. These seem to be important parameters, and we managed to implement them as module parameters for the speedtch module. The default values are 8128, 11 and 0x10,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x20 respectively. Try changing these to the values you see in your .inf file. The values can be set using modprobe. Good luck, Duncan. Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:speedtouch-requ...@ml.free.fr?subject=unsubscribe Hello Duncan, A search through the WindowsXP directory brought to light that the very old file alcaudsl.sys is still there. Not a suprise as I used the installation disk from 06-06-2002 to load the speedtouch driver under WindowsXP after I had installed WindowsXP. So I suppose it is the one used by WindowsXp. file: /Windows/C/WINDOWS/system32/drivers/alcaudsl.sys md5sum: 8080b5ea17a763bbce6c92bbc6ceefe8 The firmware files that I have been using for years for all Linux distributions are: /lib/firmware/speedtch-1.bin md5sum: be58aef97d8435dce070c96574c06564 /lib/firmware/speedtch-2.bin md5sum: 4dc23adb72007919f30d50ebcf222f8a I tried to find the .inf files that contain the words you mentioned using search commands like: grep -rsiH modem /Windows/C/WINDOWS/* | grep -rsi option grep -rsiH DSL /Windows/C/WINDOWS/* | grep -rsi Max but none had anything the like. I only find the files /Windows/C/WINDOWS/inf/oem8.inf /Windows/C/WINDOWS/inf/oem9.inf that contain words like speedtouch or alcatel. So, as a consequence, I do not find any parameter information. Suppose I boot into WindowsXP, is there some manner in which I can retrieve information about the parameters you mentioned? Regards, Ed Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:speedtouch-requ...@ml.free.fr?subject=unsubscribe
[speedtouch] Re: Speedtouch line going down under Linux
Hi Duncan, Duncan, what about adding speed, signal strength, agreed ADSL standard and bins composition to the driver's procfs file? Unfortunately I don't know how to get anything except the speed. The speed is already reported to the ATM layer. I see. Lacking firmware documentation seems a common problem with these devices, isn't it? Bonsoir, Giampaolo Ciao, Duncan. Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:speedtouch-requ...@ml.free.fr?subject=unsubscribe
[speedtouch] Re: Speedtouch line going down under Linux
I had to switch to WindowsXP te maintain a normal connection. Under OpenSuSE the line is going down nearly every minute this evening. So far the advantages of xs4all with their upgrade that I never asked for... Ed Hi Duncan, Duncan, what about adding speed, signal strength, agreed ADSL standard and bins composition to the driver's procfs file? Unfortunately I don't know how to get anything except the speed. The speed is already reported to the ATM layer. I see. Lacking firmware documentation seems a common problem with these devices, isn't it? Bonsoir, Giampaolo Ciao, Duncan. Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:speedtouch-requ...@ml.free.fr?subject=unsubscribe Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:speedtouch-requ...@ml.free.fr?subject=unsubscribe
[speedtouch] Re: Speedtouch line going down under Linux
Hi Giampaolo, I see. Lacking firmware documentation seems a common problem with these devices, isn't it? for these devices everything has been reverse engineered. Ciao, Duncan. Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:speedtouch-requ...@ml.free.fr?subject=unsubscribe
[speedtouch] Re: Speedtouch line going down under Linux
Hi Ed, A search through the WindowsXP directory brought to light that the very old file alcaudsl.sys is still there. Not a suprise as I used the installation disk from 06-06-2002 to load the speedtouch driver under WindowsXP after I had installed WindowsXP. So I suppose it is the one used by WindowsXp. file: /Windows/C/WINDOWS/system32/drivers/alcaudsl.sys md5sum: 8080b5ea17a763bbce6c92bbc6ceefe8 The firmware files that I have been using for years for all Linux distributions are: /lib/firmware/speedtch-1.bin md5sum: be58aef97d8435dce070c96574c06564 /lib/firmware/speedtch-2.bin md5sum: 4dc23adb72007919f30d50ebcf222f8a I tried to find the .inf files that contain the words you mentioned using search commands like: grep -rsiH modem /Windows/C/WINDOWS/* | grep -rsi option grep -rsiH DSL /Windows/C/WINDOWS/* | grep -rsi Max but none had anything the like. try searching for alcaudsl. I only find the files /Windows/C/WINDOWS/inf/oem8.inf /Windows/C/WINDOWS/inf/oem9.inf that contain words like speedtouch or alcatel. So, as a consequence, I do not find any parameter information. Suppose I boot into WindowsXP, is there some manner in which I can retrieve information about the parameters you mentioned? Not really. You can use a usb snooper to see what windows is sending to the modem, but that's not for the faint hearted. Do you see the message OAM not supported in dmesg output? Ciao, Duncan. Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:speedtouch-requ...@ml.free.fr?subject=unsubscribe
