Hi Nigel, the firmware loader is the same for the user mode and kernel mode drivers, so this is not a kernel mode driver issue, except that the firmware loader (modem_run) in the speedbundle is rather old.
> Apologies if this has been seen before - didn't see it in the archives, > possibly as I emailed from an unregistered address > > Hi,I have Fedora Core 1 installed, with kernel 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl. I am > using the KERNEL driver which gives me latency of 16-18 ms, with the > pppoatm.so plugin. pppd is 2.4.1 - I remember having a somewhat hard time > locating a fully working version of this plugin. I have the original frog > modem. > > I then decided it was time to upgrade to FC2, so I installed the gold code, > and got the speedtouch user-space driver working using > speedtouch-1.3-2.i586.rpm from > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=32758&package_id=28264 > after just downloading the microcode from thomson. > > However I then downloaded kernel kernel-2.6.8-1.521.i586.rpm, and the modem > no longer loaded firmware (amber light still on). I saw this referred to in > http://www.4p8.com/eric.brasseur/fc2_speedtouch_usb.html but did not see a > real explanation.I also noticed the user space driver latency was higher, so > would like to stick to the kernel driver, so now some questions: > > * I also saw other RPMs at http://grumz.dyndns.org/ADSL_FC2, including a > modified kernel - what kernel options were changed? > * The kernel driver page at http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/ > hasn't anything new for a year - is this still the right starting point > (speedbundle 1.0) - but if so does it clash with FC2? Yeah, I haven't found time to update the speedbundle or the web pages. In fact I would be happy if someone took over maintenance of the speedbundle and/or web pages. > * What is it about 2.6.8-1.521 etc in FC2 updates that is preventing the > user-space driver from working? Bugs in the usb subsystem that have since been fixed, so try a more recent kernel. > * Does anyone have the kernel driver working under FC2 - and if so which > pppoatm plugin (lots around) +pppd to use with FC2 > * What is "recommended" currently - user or kernel? I recommend the kernel mode driver, but to be honest there's not much difference between the two. Ciao, Duncan. Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
