<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">--- Paul Lewis <<a href="mailto:apflewis@gmail.com">apflewis@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Trying to follow the instuctions here; > <a href="http://www.geocities.com/chriscmalcolm/index.htm">http://www.geocities.com/chriscmalcolm/index.htm</a> > Anyway I followed the directions but get a couple of > odd things. > > The driver module is inserted, > > Sep 9 19:59:02 Host kernel: CnxADSL: module license > 'unspecified' taints kernel. > > But then the following error messages are inserted into the logs, loads of them... > > Sep 9 19:59:02 Host kernel: >/usr/src/CnxADSL-6.1.2.007-PIM-2.6-1.1-patched/KernelModule/ChipALCdsl.c:1533: > spin_is_locked on uninitialized spinlock c8b85dec. > Sep 9 19:59:02 Host kernel: > > If I stop and restart the service, I get the > following in the logs, but > > Sep 9 20:02:22 Host pppd[3215]: Plugin > /usr/lib/pppd/plugins/pppoatm.so loaded. > Sep 9 20:02:22 Host pppd[3215]: PPPoATM plugin_init > Sep 9 20:02:22 Host pppd[3215]: PPPoATM setdevname_pppoatm > Sep 9 20:02:22 Host pppd[3215]: PPPoATM setdevname_pppoatm - SUCCESS > Sep 9 20:02:22 Host pppd[3216]: pppd 2.4.0b1 started by root, uid 0 > > What does this mean?? > > Sep 9 20:02:22 Host kernel: CnxADSL: CmgmtOpen opening > Sep 9 20:02:22 Host pppd[3216]: ioctl(ATM_SETBACKEND): No such device > Sep 9 20:02:22 Host kernel: CnxADSL: CmgmtClose > Closing Sep 9 20:02:22 Host pppd[3216]: Exit. > > Normally, I would expect to see the successful > assignment of the IP > addresses. > Kernel is <a href="http://2.6.9.1">2.6.9.1</a> > Have you tried the instructions here <a href="http://www.purplepixie.org/dave/archive/adsl-howto/">http://www.purplepixie.org/dave/archive/adsl-howto/</a> The problem is that they refer to kernel 2.4.X series. Hope that this helps, Antonio </blockquote></div>Antionio, Thanks muchly for your reply. I don't think I have problems with the process of building and installing on Core 3. The directions at <a href="http://www.geocities.com/chriscmalcolm/index.htm">http://www.geocities.com/chriscmalcolm/index.htm</a> are more than clear on that score. The issue is that once I have built and loaded the kernel module the supporting pppoatm and pppd it does not perform the way I was hoping it would. I have seen references to "spinlock" error messages on the web and it does not look too serious, although once I know the system is working I would like to supress them. There are hints that the errors are inherent in the 2.6.9 kernels. The issue I was hoping to get feedback about is the last set of errors at the point where I would have hopped to see the ip addresses assigned. Regards