On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, PAJANY Floris wrote:
> I have joined you recently with the hope to make working my modem on my Abit
> BP6 with two Celerons 500 under linux-smp and perhaps one day under win2k.
First question : what is your main goal : having a working linux setup or
a working win2k setup?
> I have read in Tony Hoyle's web page (http://www.nothing-on.tv/alcatel.html)
> that the official Alcatel driver for our lovely modem has some problems with
> SMP configuration. But in the official FAQ, one can read this :
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Q6: Modem drivers do not work on Windows 2000 dual processor PC's?
>
> A6: This is a known problem. It seems to be caused by the different
> implementations of the USB Standard ( OHCH or UHCH ). Adding a extra PCI USB
> card solves the problem because those always use OHCH.
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> Where is the truth ? (don't answer "Out There" :-))
I think that the best answer is : try yourself! As Tony manage to get a
working linux-smp setup, so it should possible for you too!
> Is it really a hardware problem ?
I'm interested if someone has the answer! Apparently there are known
problems with some VIA controller (Great, I've one at home!)... Is there
someone out there who can tell us "all about USB" ?
> I want to try your driver with linux-smp but I don't find the time to do it
> already (I must install the 2.4.x kernel first and configure it correctly
> before doing anything serious). Netherless, I am certain some of you have
> already a hint for my questions. :-)
Benoit
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