Conexant ADSL card module Fedora Core 3

Antonio Olivares olivares14031 at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 9 21:04:18 UTC 2006



--- Paul Lewis <apflewis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Trying to follow the instuctions here;
> http://www.geocities.com/chriscmalcolm/index.htm
> 
> To compile and install the driver for my no name
> Conextant ADSL PCI modem.
> The card works, I used to have it working on Redhat
> 7 or 8 can't remember
> which now.
> 
> 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.
> Sep  9 19:59:02 Host kernel: CnxADSL: CnxtDsl_init
> Starting
> Sep  9 19:59:02 Host kernel: CnxADSL:
> calBusCtlP46RegisterInterrupt
> Sep  9 19:59:02 Host kernel: CnxADSL: ARMALIoctl
> TIG_LOAD_START Prepare
> device for download command=1074537729
> Sep  9 19:59:02 Host kernel: CnxADSL: ARMALIoctl
> TIG_LOAD_DONE Device
> finished download OK? command=1074537731
> 
> 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:
>
/usr/src/CnxADSL-6.1.2.007-PIM-2.6-1.1-patched/KernelModule/ChipALCdsl.c:1550:
> spin_is_locked on uninitialized spinlock c8b85dec.
> Sep  9 19:59:02 Host kernel: CnxADSL: ARMSyncRoutine
> Resp2=0x107a4
> 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:
>
/usr/src/CnxADSL-6.1.2.007-PIM-2.6-1.1-patched/KernelModule/ChipALCdsl.c:1550:
> spin_is_locked on uninitialized spinlock c8b85dec.
> 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.
> 
> 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 2.6.9.1
> 
> Thanks any assistance
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Have you tried the instructions here

http://www.purplepixie.org/dave/archive/adsl-howto/

The problem is that they refer to kernel 2.4.X series.

Hope that this helps,

Antonio 

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