Many thanks.
The "owner" problem was what was causing me grief in the wifi drivers
and in asterisk and I fixed them by lying about the kernel version in
the code.
This patch works for slamr - great.
I may be off OS shortly and I will probably have to survive on a dial up
connection, so I desparately need the modem to work...
Keith Hopkins wrote:
Howard Lowndes wrote:
Keith Hopkins wrote:
Howard Lowndes wrote:
I'm trying to get slmodemd running on a Toshiba lappy.
It used to work under the 2.6.15 kernel and compiles under 2.6.16 (FC5
build 2111), but won't start because the slamr module won't load:
# modprobe slamr
FATAL: Error inserting slamr
(/lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2111_FC5/extra/slamr.ko): Invalid argument
As far as I can make out I am working with the latest version which is
about 6 months old - slmodem-2.9.11-20051101.tar.gz
Has anyone got any later information, or is there any way I can
diagnose
it deeper?
Hi Howard,
Did the slamr code change?
No, the code has not changed, but the kernel has. The kernel change
cause me some problems in other modules I need to compile such as wifi
drivers and asterisk, but there they wouldn't compile until I changed
the code in the module; in the case of slamr it compiles but won't load.
If so, I'd check /etc/modprobe.conf* for any "option" lines for
slamr to be sure they are still valid with the version of slamr you
are using.
There are no options required for slamr in /etc/modprobe.conf
Does `insmod /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2111_FC5/extra/slamr.ko` produce
anything different? anything in `dmesg`?
Yes, it does:
slamr: module license 'Smart Link Ltd.' taints kernel.
slamr: falsely claims to have parameter debug
Does this offer a clue?
Yes, Here's what looks to be the fix:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-list/2006-May/msg02713.html
P.S. Google is your friend.
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