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Re: Winmodem (conexant/Rockwell) HSF under kernel 2.4?
Hi
On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 02:39:52AM +0300, Diego G. Iastrubni wrote:
> > Just in case anyone is interested:
> > A few weeks ago I decided to buy a winmodem for linux. The reason was
> > I had a slow 28.8 hardware modem, and didn't want to spend ~ 100$ for
> > a 56K new hardware modem.
> cool, where?
I personally bought mine at "MACHSANEI HAMACHSHEV", don't remember
their web site. I also saw pctels at excellnet and aluf (which were
both cheaper, but I wanted to buy close to my home).
>
> > I looked around various sites, notably linmodems.technion that someone
> > recommended, and various websites of Israeli stores, and found that
> > the most supported among those that are available in Israeli stores
> > and are cheap is the PCTel chipset (15$-20$ for a modem).
> > The website of the driver for linux says they have drivers both for 2.2
> > and 2.4. (And the fastest way to find it is 'pctel linux' in google).
> > The driver is partly GPL and partly binary only (well-separated, I
> > think it doesn't violate the GPL or Linus's opinion).
> > I bought one, downloaded, compiled and insmoded the driver (on 2.4.5),
> > and it worked quite well.
> pctel had drivers long time. closed source. I used a pctel modem until it
> died, that is why they are called pc-zevel. Lucent is better. I found a place
> which did sell them but I could not buy it online. I had to go to tel-aviv.
> loosing a days job on it? no.
>
> > I got with ftp 5.8KB/s, and the load on the CPU was ~ 15% (a 300Mhz
> > Celeron overclocked to 450Mhz). The load on the CPU, BTW, was almost
> > constant when I was connected, with no relation to the actual data load
> > on the network.
> cool. how do you think it will behave on a 233mhz? same kernelz.
I suppose it will work, but havn't tried mine on any other machine
(The strongest one I have a home after this one is a 75Mhz Pentium,
which probaby won't work).
>
> > Sadly, in 2.4.7 there was quite a big change to some of the serial code
> > and headers, and the modules do not compile. A new driver is not out yet
> > (I am not on any relevant mailing list, so I do not know the status).
> > I looked a bit at the 2.4.7 patch, and the changes seem too big for a
> > quick hack (I am not an experienced kernel programmer). So now I work
> > with 2.4.6 and wait.
> it's a shame. becuase I think yuo know the memory isuues of the current
> kernels fimaly. I think that 2.2 are better. anyway subscribe your self into
> linmodes discussion and ask for help. In your manner I think thet will help
> you.
I will.
>
> >
> > Note that I do not make a "pirsomet". There are several PCTel based
> > modems in several stores, and I only gave my experience.
> >
> > I think people on this mailing list will happily read such reports
> > from owners of winmodems under linux, especially if they are readily
> > available in Israel. I also think this subject is very on-topic.
> So you do think making a web page which describes where can you buy "local"
> linmodems online is a good idea?
I think it is, at least if we make sure we do not involve personal
opinions on specific stores (and recent posts have shown people do
have strong opinions on some stores).
One more thing: It (the modem) doesn't work very well. I think
it's the driver. Sometimes when I try to connect, it stops in
the middle of the speed negotiation, gives a 'Trying to free free IRQ10'
message, and when I rmmod it, and then do e.g. 'cat /proc/interrupts',
I get an Oops.
So, if I made anyone buy one, sorry. Wait until the drivers mature,
or maybe use a 2.2 kernel, I think the driver for it is better,
I havn't tried (yet?).
>
> - diego
>
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