On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 01:14:19PM +0200, Duncan Sands wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > May 10 07:31:44 trojanfoe kernel: usbcore: registered new driver speedtch > > May 10 07:31:44 trojanfoe kernel: usb 4-2: found stage 1 firmware > > speedtch-1.bin.4.00 > > May 10 07:31:44 trojanfoe kernel: usb 4-2: found stage 2 firmware > > speedtch-2.bin.4.00 > > May 10 07:31:44 trojanfoe kernel: ADSL line is synchronising > > May 10 07:31:44 trojanfoe kernel: ADSL line is up (1152 Kib/s down | 288 > > Kib/s up) > > > > However it doesn't tell you what files it's looking for in the first place, > > so this can be difficult to get working. > > > > Fred, I have checked the speedtch.c file that comes with my kernel > > (2.6.11.8) and the following line clearly shows that the firmware version > > has to be part of the name: > > > > sprintf(buf, "speedtch-%d.bin.%x.%02x", phase, major_revision, > > minor_revision); > > no, this is wrong, you missed the other lines: > sprintf(buf, "speedtch-%d.bin.%x", phase, major_revision); > and > sprintf(buf, "speedtch-%d.bin", phase); > > They are tried in succession. > > > Therefore it doesn't matter which flavour of Linux you are running, merely > > which kernel you are running. > > ? > > > To fix this, without going through the obviously arduous zip process, > > simply link the existing files you have with files named the revision > > number: > > > > $ su - > > (root password) > > # cd /etc/hotplug/firmware > > # ln speedtch-1.bin speedtch-1.bin.4.00 > > # ln speedtch-2.bin speedtch-2.bin.4.00 > > > > and reboot and rejoice (hopefully). > > No! Call them speedtch-1.bin and speedtch-2.bin > > The idea of searching first with major and minor revisions is that > it helps distributions distribute firmware. Some modems require > special firmware, but most work fine with generic firmware. So a > distribution can supply (for example): > > speedtch-1.bin <- generic first stage firmware, ok for most modems > speedtch-1.bin.4 <- special firmware for revision 4 modems > > Then modems with revision not equal to 4 will use speedtch-1.bin, > and revision 4 modems will use speedtch-1.bin.4. > > If you are a normal user (i.e. have only one modem), then just name > the firmware files speedtch-1.bin and speedtch-2.bin and everything > will be OK. >
OK thanks for clearing that up Duncan. However I don't think mine worked when I named them "generically", but then I may well have misspelt something. Cheers, Andy Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
