[hcflinux-announce] New hcflinmodem-0.93mbsibeta02052600 release

Marc Boucher marc at mbsi.ca
Sun May 26 23:21:48 EDT 2002


Hi,

A new experimental version of the Conexant HCF (controllerless) driver for
Linux is now available from
 
        http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv

Packages have been reorganized in this release, resulting in smaller
and more standard distribution-specific RPMs.

I would very much welcome (positive and negative) feedback from users
about this new structure.

The detailed list of changes is available below.

Regards
Marc


Sun May 26 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.93mbsibeta02052600.

Sun May 26 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Restructured distribution-specific packaging to include
	only needed kernel module binaries without unnecessary source.
	This reduces package sizes and download times. Only the generic
	packages now contain source code providing hcfconfig the ability
	to re-link the kernel modules on-the-fly.
	hcfconfig --auto is once again executed automatically during
	installation of distribution-specific RPMs.
	* Updated README, INSTALL and BUGS documentation files.
	* modules/osspec/: minor cleanups

Thu May 23 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.93mbsibeta02052300.

Thu May 23 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* scripts/hcfconfig.in: remove old /dev/modem after configuring devfs.

Tue May 21 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.93mbsibeta02052101.

Tue May 21 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* modules/makefile: Added binary module support for SuSE 8.0 (2.4.18-4GB)

Tue May 21 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.93mbsibeta02052100.

Mon May 20 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* scripts/hcfconfig.in: Improved devfs configuration to hopefully solve
	automatic module loading/device node visibility issues.
	* modules/makefile: Added binary module support for RedHat 7.3
	* modules/makefile, common.mak: implemented workaround for
	obscure make bug causing compilation to fail with the error
	"make: expand.c:489: allocated_variable_append:
	Assertion `current_variable_set_list->next != 0' failed."
	* inf/*.cty: use more generic relay parameters.

Sun May 19 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.93mbsibeta02051900.

Sat May 18 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Added preliminary support for 127A:100x (71DP) devices.
	* Added preliminary support for 14F1:1813 and 1815 LAN/Modem combo.
	* Revamped and updated INF files.
	* scripts/hcfconfig.in: proper ISO-3166 country map entries for
	ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CZECH_REPUBLIC, and NETHERLANDS.
	* modules/osspec/osresour.c: rewrote OSGetPCIDeviceResources()
	* modules/osspec/osnvm.c: added CALLERID2, CALLWAITING_PARMS, V92_CONTROL,
	FLAGS2, CW, PIG, and MOH.

Mon May 06 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.92mbsibeta02050600.

Mon May 06 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* scripts/hcfconfig.in: check_unsupported(): some 127a:102x devices
	actually work.
	* modules/osspec/include/oscompat.h: fixed memcpy issue for 2.2 users.

Sun May 05 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.92mbsibeta02050500.

Sun May 05 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Changed ttyHCF0 device name to ttySHCF0 for compatibility with wvdial.

Fri Apr 26 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* modules/osspec/include/osuniqredef.h: added to solve name collision
	problem with HSF and other modules.

Fri Apr 26 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* scripts/hcfconfig.in: added OSKERNTYPE, which is set to the type
	of kernel installed, not the architecture.
	* modules/makefile: add i386 to REDHAT_MACHINES to accomodate people
	still running i386 kernels and link-identical-binaries to save space..

Wed Apr 25 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.91mbsibeta02042500.

Wed Apr 24 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* imported/hcfengine.O: merged in new Conexant modem code, added
	SmartDAA support.
	* scripts/hcfconfig.in: remove SmartDAA devices from check_unsupported().
	* inf/: reorganized inf files, removed unnecessary sections,
	added SmartDAA versions.
	* modules/serial_hcf.c: handle new-style COMCTRL_EVT_RINGS events.

Mon Apr 22 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* scripts/hcfconfig.in: re-enabled creation of /dev/modem symlink
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.9mbsibeta02042201.

Mon Apr 22 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.9mbsibeta02042200.

Sun Apr 21 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* modules/serial_hcf.c: Added /proc/driver/hcf/0/lastcallstatus and
	loglastcallstatus parameter, which when set to a non-zero value will
	make the driver automatically log the last call status (AT#UG) info.
	* modules/osspec/osnvm.c: Use AT&D2 by default.
	* imported/hcfengine.O: silenced various debug messages confusing users.
	* scripts/hcfconfig.in: added check_unsupported(), workaround for
	bash's limited printf builtin and other small usability improvements.
	* modules/common.mak: changed default KERNELSRC to match hcfconfig.

Sat Apr 20 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* modules/osspec/osstdio.c: if f_op->llseek is NULL, call default_llseek.
	(Thanks to Gratiniano S. de Haro for reporting this problem)
	* scripts/hcfconfig.in: cut down size of default --dumpdiag output.

Wed Apr 13 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.9mbsibeta02041300.

Wed Apr 12 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* modules/makefile: revamped directory structure for binaries and added
	several mandrake kernels.
	* makefile: add missing bracket to RPMTOPDIRDEFINED test.
	* scripts/hcfconfig.in: create /lib/modules/.../misc directory if it
	doesn't exist and add build kernel-source check.
	* scripts/hcfconfig.in: really fix broken pipe messages in get_inf_section

Wed Apr 05 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.9mbsibeta02040500.

Wed Apr 03 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.9mbsibeta02040300.

Wed Apr 03 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* scripts/hcfconfig.in: add check for binary modules with OSKERNVERS_NODASH.
	* modules/osspec/osservices.c: OsSleep() workaround to prevent crashes
	on < 2.2.20 kernels.

Tue Mar 26 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* hcflinmodem.spec.in, makefile: add distribution-specific
	packages containing module binaries for default kernels.

	* modules/common.mak: add DISTRO_CFLAGS

	* modules/makefile: add rules to build binaries for mainstream
	distributions.

Sun Mar 24 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.9mbsibeta02032400.

Sun Mar 24 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* modules/osspec/osnvm.c: Added check for OsFOpen() return value.
	* Improved test for awk strtonum() workaround.
	(Thanks to Gratiniano S. de Haro)

Fri Mar 08 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.9mbsibeta02030801.

Fri Mar 08 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* scripts/hcfconfig.in: workaround for awks that don't support strtonum().

Fri Mar 08 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.9mbsibeta02030800.

Fri Mar 08 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* hcflinmodem.spec.in: only run hcfconfig --auto in %post if
	HCF_AUTOCONFIG env variable is set, so as to match INSTALL documentation.
	* modules/serial_hcf.c: PCI vendor and device IDs of HCF modem can be
	explicitely passed as modules parameters named pcivendorid and pcideviceid.
	* T__ERROR messages always printk()ed when USE_TRACE_ONLY_ERRORS defined.
	* /devicemanager/asiclib.c: fixed crash upon SysCreateDevResources()
	failure due to AsicDisableHWEvent() being called.
	* modules/osspec/osservices.c: OsSleep() should call schedule_timeout()
	or mdelay(), not udelay().

Tue Mar 05 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Released hcflinmodem-0.9mbsibeta02030500.

Tue Mar 05 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Added "Conflicts: hsflinmodem" to RPM spec file as a temporary
	measure until the symbol name collisions are fixed.
	* scripts/hcfconfig.in: get_inf_section(): redirect stderr to /dev/null
	for the preprocess_inf() call to ignore broken pipe errors.

Fri Mar 01 2002 Marc Boucher <marc+hcf at mbsi.ca>
	* Initial beta version (hcflinmodem-0.9mbsibeta02030100).



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