Hi Hal,
Just some feedback on your DSL how-to found at:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DSL-HOWTO/speedtouchusb.html
We've (the "user-mode" speedtouch crew) have been getting some confused
people on the mailing list who are getting confused between the two
drivers and causing all sorts of fun and games. I don't know the the
"kernel-mode" crew are getting the same but I wouldn't be supprised if
they are.
I did a quick search of the HOWTO's and can see how the confusion could
arise. So I am suggesting a re-write of the Appendix to make it clear
there are two mutually exclusive and seperate ways of setting up a
Speedtouch USB ADSL modem.
This is our FAQ 0.0
<-quote->
0.0 I'm confused, what version of the speedtouch driver is their?
There are two USB Speedtouch drivers available for Linux. For the sake
of argument we shall call the "user-mode" and "kernel-mode". This
package and documentation refers to the "user-mode" version which is not
related to the "kernel-mode" drivers in any way (except we use the
managment code to provide the microcode for the modem).
Do not mix and match instructions/faqs/howto's between the two projects
as you will get very confused (and probably confuse everyone else). If
your interested in the kernel-mode version then please see:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3581
and
http://www.linuxdude.co.uk/docs/Alcatel-Speedtouch-USB-mini-HOWTO/speedtouchusb.html
Briefly the kernel-mode driver is built into the linux kernel as an ATM
device and uses a patched version of pppd to terminate the ATM and give
you IP. This means the data spends more time in kernel-mode (which
should improve latency).
The user-mode driver terminates the USB device in user-space and
demangles the ATM into "normal" ppp packets for a normal pppd. Although
we recommend some kernel options you generally don't need to patch
anything.
We of course recommend the user-mode as being easier to set-up but then
again we are biased :-)
<-end quote->
If you want any more information the "user-mode" drivers can be found at
http://speedtouch.sf.net
Regards,
Alex.
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