- Original Message -
From: "Fabrice Beauvir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 10:22 PM
Subject: [speedtouch] question about mandrake 9.2 and thomson's microcode
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> Hi all,
> I have a mandrake 9.2 machine and I have a little question about that.
> As you know Mandrake configuration is messy and I don't want to recompile
> kernel (I should...) or change mandrake config (I hate this distrib!)
> I must configure quickly this machine.
>
> When using mandrake control center a advice is given : download
microcode
> mgnt.o from sourceforge speedtouch site (speedtouch-20011007.tar.bz2) in
order
> to put it in /usr/share/alcatel
> This file is not found.
> As it is written in speedtouch documentation I must download microcode on
> speedtouch.com web site . But the zip contain 2 files : kd06.3012 and
> zzzl-3.012
> but no .o file to provide to mandrake's included driver.
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> So what can I do ?
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You can simply rename kqd6_3.012 to mgmt.o
You don't need to recompile kernel to use user-mode driver. But you may
improve performance/stability with at least v1.2 driver version or v1.3. In
particular, if your modem is a 330 (purple), you need v1.2 a minima to make
the connexion reliable with new firmware.
I don't like the new v1.3 feature that remember if the firmware was loaded
as I don't know how to tell the driver to forget a firmware was inside and
load it again.
You may like hot-plug support in v1.3 (I don't know, I am not using it)
gilles
Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB
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