[hsflinux] Conexant modem in Debian Sarge

[Linuxant support (Jonathan)]

Hi,

the new version of the HSF driver with support for the '/etc/modprobe.d' 
mecanism is already out.

Please try to remove the following line in your '/etc/modprobe.d/hsf' file :

---
install hsfserial /sbin/modprobe hsfpcibasic2; /sbin/modprobe 
hsfmc97ich; /sbin/modprobe hsfmc97via; /sbin/modprobe hsfmc97ali; 
/sbin/modprobe hsfusbcd2; /bin/true
---

Then, please try again to insert the modules into the kernel with the
'modprobe /dev/ttySHSF' command in a root shell.

Please let us know if it fixed the problem or not.

Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com


Ehsan Akhgari wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
> 
> Thanks for your reply.
> 
> 
>>does running the command 'modprobe /dev/ttySHSF' return an
>>error message stating that the '/dev/ttySHSF' module is not
>>found?
> 
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
>>If this is the case then please create the
>>'/etc/modprobe.d/hsf' file with the following
>>contents:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> I created that file, and I've attached it in case you need to examine it
> directly.
> 
> 
>>You should replace all the 'XXX' with the appropriate numbers
>>that you can find in your '/etc/modules.conf' file.
> 
> 
> Done.
> 
> 
>>Then, run the following commands in a root shell :
>>
>>---
>>hsfstop
> 
> 
> This one went fine, of course.
> 
> 
>>modprobe /dev/ttySHSF
>>---
> 
> 
> When I executed it for the first time in 2.6.6, after about 20 seconds the
> whole X desktop hanged, I couldn't move the mouse, couldn't type anything,
> the media player which was playing some song got silent, a full freeze.  I
> then rebooted manually into 2.6.6 again.  At system startup, I got the
> following messages:
> 
> ---
> hsfengine: module license 'see LICENSE file distributed with the driver'
> taints kernel
> 
> modprobe: WARNING: Error running install command for hsfserial
> 
> +++
> hsfpcibasic2: Unknown symbol cnxthsf_cnxt_serial
> hsfpcibasic2: Unknown symbol cnxthsf_cnxt_add
> hsfpcibasic2: Unknown symbol cnxthsf_cnxt_remove
> modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting hsfpcibasic2
> (/lib/modules/2.6.6-1-686/misc/hsfpcibasic2.ko): Unknown symbol in module,
> or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> 
> hsfmc97ich: Unknown symbol cnxthsf_cnxt_serial
> hsfmc97ich: Unknown symbol cnxthsf_cnxt_add
> hsfmc97ich: Unknown symbol cnxthsf_cnxt_remove
> modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting hsfmc97ich
> (/lib/modules/2.6.6-1-686/misc/hsfmc97ich.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or
> unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> 
> hsfmc97via: Unknown symbol cnxthsf_cnxt_serial
> hsfmc97via: Unknown symbol cnxthsf_cnxt_add
> hsfmc97via: Unknown symbol cnxthsf_cnxt_remove
> modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting hsfmc97via
> (/lib/modules/2.6.6-1-686/misc/hsfmc97via.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or
> unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> 
> hsfmc97ali: Unknown symbol cnxthsf_cnxt_serial
> hsfmc97ali: Unknown symbol cnxthsf_cnxt_add
> hsfmc97ali: Unknown symbol cnxthsf_cnxt_remove
> modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting hsfmc97ali
> (/lib/modules/2.6.6-1-686/misc/hsfmc97ali.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or
> unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> 
> hsfusbcd2: Unknown symbol cnxthsf_cnxt_serial
> hsfusbcd2: Unknown symbol cnxthsf_cnxt_add
> hsfusbcd2: Unknown symbol cnxthsf_cnxt_remove
> modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting hsfusbcd2
> (/lib/modules/2.6.6-1-686/misc/hsfusbcd2.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or
> unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> +++
> ---
> 
> And the set of error messages enclosed in +++ pairs just repeated over and
> over again.  About one minute took between each set of error messages to get
> printed.
> 
> I rebooted manually again, but this time, into 2.4.26.  I then moved
> /etc/modprobe.d/hsf to ~, and rebooted into 2.6.6 again.  I suspected that
> something's broken because last time I installed the driver in 2.4.26, so I
> decided to reinstall it in 2.6.6.  When I logged into 2.6.6 again, I copied
> the file back into /etc/modprobe.d, and then ran "dpkg -i hsf*.deb" again.
> After the module got compiled, and dpkg outputted "done." (right before when
> I used to get "module not found" error previously) again the system freezed.
> This time I managed to log into the virtual console F1, and ran free, and I
> noted that I've got about 4KB free physical memory and 6KB free swap space.
> I've got 1GB RAM installed, and a total of 100MB swap space.
> 
> No matter how many times I repeat the instructions, the same results I get.
> 
> Is there anything I'm doing wrong?  Anything I can do to fix this?
> 
> 
>>Support for this new '/etc/modprobe.d' mecanism will be added
>>in the next release of the HSF driver.
> 
> 
> In case my problem is not solved, when is the next release scheduled?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Ehsan Akhgari
> 
> 
> 
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