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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, David Moberg wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > > The ltmodem site says that the package does not work on 2.4.21. It is
> > > not clear whether 2.4.31 will work. You or I will need to test
> > > compiling it with 2.4.31. If you try this, you will need the 2.4.31
> > > kernel source code package, unpacked where the source code can find
> > > it. (3 most common locations: /usr/src/linux /usr/src/linux-2.4.31
> > > /lib/modules/2.4.31/build) I don't have the 2.4.31 source tree set up
> > > right now, so if you wait for me to build them, you will need to wait
> > > at least a week.

The site says 8.26a won't work on Redhat 2.4.21.
I downloaded 8.31a10 'Debian binary build fixed' and will attempt it with 
2.4.31 after reading the readme.

The latest version that works with 2.2. kernels is 6.00c and I got 404 not 
found for both links.  The archive of older binaries just times out.
Could you post your 2.2.16 driver?

> > I have the tree all set up (first location).
>
> It might look in only one of the locations that I listed, so if the
> build fails due to the path, it's a good idea to put symlinks in the
> other two locations so it can find it anywhere it looks.
I think I have symlinks too.

> > Does anyone know why aic7xxx.o did not compile in 2.4.31 but did in
> > 2.2.16?  I configured it as module.
>
> Did the kernel compile stop with an error message? If not, was it
> listed in the output of cd /usr/src/linux; find | grep aic7xxx? If
> not, that is very mysterious. Perhaps it's a bug.

No error messages that I noticed but I was not looking for them.
I just realized the 'cd...xxx' meant to look for mention of aic7xxx, which 
is found but not as a module.

> > Did you post your 2.2.16 ltmodem modules?
>
> I didn't build them. Other people already figured out how to get it
> working with 2.2.16, I merely posted the directions on the BL list.
The two links at your URL are no longer working.

> > I have kernel source for that.
>
> The driver I posted is the old, proprietary (Lucent?) driver. You
> can't compile it from source. I don't know if the new driver will work
> with 2.2.16, but I don't care since the old driver works well.
Please share it.