PAJANY Floris wrote:
> I don't understand why you have to rmmod-plug-unplug anything while you are
> using Benoit's drivers ? Theses ones have no interaction with any
> hot-plugging capabilities or any modules of the kernel except for certains
> prerequisites like ppp-generic, ppp-sync and usb support. In addition, you
> should not have to patch your kernel for ppptoa since the support is
> provided by pppoa2 binary, should you ?
>
FWIW I don't understand it either. But I can try running the downloads again &
again & it always timesout until I unplug, rmmod & plug it back in again. I know
Benoits drivers dont' do anything expcept access the USB via procusb (devio.c in
the kernel source), which is why I suspect a generic problem with the USB drivers
themselves. Especially since the usb-uhci drivers appear to be much more stable
with this than the usb-ohci (My laptop & your BP6 both use the BX chipset from
Intel. Hence the usb-uhci drivers. My other two boxes though use the usb-ohci
module because they have Opti (Belkin), Via (VP6 (On Board) and some other
chipset on the Aptiva that I can't remmeber the name of...)
>
> Here is my configuration and experiences :
>
> Motherboard : Abit BP6 with Intel BX chipset (uhci-usb)
> Processors : 2 Celerons 500
>
> Linux Distribution : Mandrake 7.2 (kernel 2.2.17)
> Kernel : 2.4.3 SMP with only usb-smp-fix-2.4.2 patch
> pppd : 2.4.0 without patch
>
> modem_run : DL and UL of the microcode OK
> pppd call adsl : Connection OK (I try it several times by killing the daemon
> pppd and if you wait a little before retrying, the connection established
> without problems)
>
> FP
>
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De: Hamish Marson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Date: mercredi 11 avril 2001 11:31
> > À: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Objet: [speedtouch] Re: pppd call adsl
> >
> >
> > PAJANY Floris wrote:
> >
> > > Hello everybody ! :-)
> > >
> > > Just a few words to say that Benoit's drivers for our modem
> > are great. I
> > > installed the kernel 2.4.3 on my mandrake 7.2 configuration
> > and compiled the
> > > drivers. It works fine but if you intend to use them under a SMP
> > > configuration (like my Abit BP6 with two celerons 500), you
> > had to PATCH
> > > your kernel with the code provided by Tony Hoyle usb-smp-fix-2.4.2
> > >
> > (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=23818&r
> > elease_id=2939
> > > 6)
> > >
> >
> > I agree. It's really nice to have open source drivers,
> > especially since it allows
> > easier debugging.
> > Unfortunatley it appears that problems related to the USB
> > version of the
> > speedtouch, aren't
> > necessarily the fault of Alcatels mgmt program... It goes a
> > little deeper.
> >
> > I've played with the speedtouch (USB) on three machines so
> > far. It works (Mostly)
> > on two
> > of them, and fails miserably on the 3rd. The failures (Which
> > can be experienced
> > on any of
> > the 3 boxes) are all USB timeouts talking to the device.
> >
> > The boxes/motherboards & USB chips I've tried are
> >
> > IBM Aptiva E33 - on-board USB (usb-ohci) Works mostly.
> > Except it's a real
> > pain to get
> > up and running after booting. Multiple timeouts mean about
> > 10-30 minutes of
> > rmmod'ing,
> > plugging & un-plugging the modem until it finally gets in
> > a state that it
> > will accept the download.
> >
> > IBM Thinkpad A20p - Onboard USB with BX chipset (usb-uhci) -
> > The most stable of
> > the 3. I generally
> > only have to plug it in & away it goes.
> >
> > Abit VP6 dual processor (2x PIII 866EB's. Same batch) using
> > on-board VIA USB
> > (usb-ohci) I get
> > timeouts before it even identifies the devices. Not isolated
> > to the speedtouch,
> > it won't id a USB
> > Zip drive either.
> >
> > Abit VP6 (Same as above) with Belkin 2 port USB card. It
> > identifies the devices,
> > but won't download.
> > Looking at the debugging with Benoits drivers, it looks like
> > the failure occurs
> > in the first block downloaded
> > or queried from the device.
> >
> >
> > Now, are these experiences the same with everyone? Or am I
> > just unusual. I'm
> > using kernel 2.4.3 (2.4.2
> > did the same), and the latest speedtouch & pppoatm patches. I
> > also have glibc
> > 2.2.2 & gcc 2.95.3 on all
> > 3 boxes...
> >
> > >
> > > Even though I don't test the stability of the drivers and the whole
> > > configuration (during a few hours for example), I think it
> > will be fine :-)
> > >
> > > Merci,
> > > FP
> > >
> > > PS : besides, I think what is written above proves that the
> > problem with the
> > > Speedtouch USB under Win2k with a multiproc configuration
> > is NOT a hardware
> > > issue!
> > >
> > > >
> >
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