[hcflinux] AC97 modem in my Thinkpad and Connex driver

[Werner Becker]

Hi all,

  I installed the recent  soft modem driver 

     hsflinmodem-5.03.03.L2mbsibeta02060200k2.4.18_4-1rh.i686.rpm

 which I found on the Conexant modem driver website. I was hoping that the 
driver should work and the installation process went without any error. a 
check with lsmod also indicated  that hsf*.o files were loaded. I use RedHat 
7.3 and Kernel 2.4.18-4 on a i686 (Thinkpad T23) which on Windows tells me 
that it has a Lucent AMR softmodem. Indeed the modem is a Intel daughter card 
and based on the AC97 codec. I include the relevant output form lspci -v -v 
below.

However, using neat (the RedHat network configuration tool) it tells me that 
it does not find the modem and indeed the hsf*.o modules are not loaded after 
a reboot. Inspecting the /var/meassage file I find the entry 


Jun 14 15:25:34 weblab kernel: ERROR: did not find a supported AC97 codec ! 
(0x5349:0x4c27)<3>
Jun 14 15:25:34 weblab kernel: Trying to free free IRQ11
Jun 14 15:25:34 weblab kernel: hsf_request_port: ComCtrlOpen failed, r=1!


Does anyone know whether I can use the Conexan modem driver to get that modem 
working or if it might hopeless.


Thanks for any hint!


Werner Becker

 
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- log of lspci -v -v


 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio (rev 
01)
        Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0222
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- 
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
        Region 1: I/O ports at 18c0 [size=64]

00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem (rev 01) (prog-if 00 
[Generic])
        Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0227
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- 
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: I/O ports at 2400 [size=256]
        Region 1: I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]