[hcflinux] no /dev/SHCF0
Raymond S Cheng
rscheng at angelfire.com
Fri Jun 13 18:12:21 EDT 2003
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To All:
I'm having troubling setting up the WinModem on
this 4 years old SONY laptop.
Fyi, I just recently installed Mandrake 9.1
using default KDE 3.1.
When I did
rpm -i hcfpcimodem-0.99lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.21_0.13mdk-1mdk.586.rpm
I get a bunch of outputs (see below) including
Your HCF modem should now be accessible as /dev/ttySHCF0
This file does not exists. When I
ls /dev/ttyS* ,
I only get ttyS0 and ttyS2 .
And if I use Mandrake Control Center afterward,
I get same responsei as before I try the
installation, i.e.,
Your modem isn't supported by the system.
Take a look at http://www.linmodems.org
So now what?
Sheng-Chieh
p.s. outputs from various code are listed below.
---------- output from ----------
rpm -i hcfpcimodem-0.99lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.21_0.13mdk-1mdk.586.rpm
---------------------------------
WARNING: this is an EXPERIMENTAL BETA VERSION of the HCF drivers for Linux.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! See the file /usr/lib/hcfpci/LICENSE for details.
Conexant Systems neither distributes nor maintains this package.
PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT CONEXANT REGARDING THIS SOFTWARE!!!
If you require assistance or need more information, go to:
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers
When reporting a problem for the first time, please send
us the file generated by "hcfpciconfig --dumpdiag".
DEVICE 127A:2005 MIGHT BE AN HSF MODEM! (both types exist for the same ID)
So if it doesn't work with this driver, try the HSF one
available from http://www.linuxant.com/drivers
Selected PCI VendorID=127A DeviceID=2005
and INF file /etc/hcfpci/inf/hcfv90_linux.inf
Configuring modem for country: "USA"
You can change this setting later with the command "hcfpciconfig --country"
Pre-built HCF modules that seem compatible with your system were found under
/usr/lib/hcfpci/modules/binaries/i686/mdk/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk.
Your HCF modem should now be accessible as /dev/ttySHCF0
---------- outputs fRom ScanModem ---------
ModemData.txt
-------------------------------------------
If further help is needed, send a description of your problem to: discuss at linmodems.org
with this ModemData.txt Attached, using the following in the email Subject Line:
SUBJECT="scanModem, mandrake kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk
-------------- System information ------------------------
mandrake Mandrake Linux release 9.1 (Bamboo) for i586
on system: Linux localhost 2.4.21-0.13mdk #1 Fri Mar 14 15:08:06 EST 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux"
LSPCI=
GCC=3.2.2
UPDATE=2003 May 5
An AC'97 modem codec was not detected
--------- lspci scan ----------------
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (AGP disabled) (rev 03)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:08.0 VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2200 [MagicGraph 256AV] (rev 20)
00:08.1 Multimedia audio controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2200 [MagicMedia 256AV Audio] (rev 20)
00:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Sony Corporation CXD1947Q i.LINK Controller (rev 01)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c478 (rev 80)
00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c478 (rev 80)
00:0b.0 Communication controller: Rockwell International HCF 56k Data/Fax Modem (rev 01)
-------------------------------------
Reading more detail for the Device at:
PCI bus
-------
00:0b.0 Class 0780: 127a:2005 (rev 01)
Subsystem 104d:8044
00:0b.0 Communication controller: Rockwell International HCF 56k Data/Fax Modem (rev 01)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation 229-DFSV
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9
Memory at fedf0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
I/O ports at fcc8 [size=8]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
-------------------------------------------------------
127a:2005 PCI_ID of the PCI bus with vendor: 127a
104d:8044 PCI_ID of Subsystem with vendor: 104d
-------------------------------------------------------
are key Sought Descriptions of your modem firmware.
Have them ready when visiting URLs with service software!!
Checking vendor=127a through chipset providers and modem assemblers
Vendors 127a and 14f1 are Conexnant, successor to Vendor=148d Rockwell technology.
Check for support at: http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/links.html
A post install suggestion for adjusting PCI latency is:
http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/archive/msg05210.html
Checking Subsystem vendor=104d through chipset providers and modem assemblers
Vendor 104d is Sony, http://www.sony.com , but without Linux info.
A Sony PCV-RX407 has a SIL39 id, imlpying an Agere Soft modem
PCI_ID 1039:7013 ALI 630 Controller
SubSys 104d:8129 the soft modem. For potential SIL39 chip service see:
http://phep2.technion.ac.il/linmodems/archive-third/msg00120.html
GCCversion=3.2.2
The following information blocks just query some ppp support items.
====================================================================
grep ppp /etc/modules.conf
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
Conexant modems have substitutes for the lines below,
which automate insertion of ppp related modules.
Unless confident that your modem installation program
has installed an alternative modem specific block,
the following lines should be added to /etc/modules.conf
### generic ppp support lines
alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic
alias char-major-108 ppp_generic
alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty
alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
### end ppp support lines
followed by a System update with Root command:
# depmod -a
DEVPPP=crw------- 1 root root 108, 0 Dec 31 1969 /dev/ppp
DEVFS=active
Supporting /dev/modem symbolic link:
/etc/devfs/conf.d/modem.conf
------------------------------
REGISTER ^tts/0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink tts/0 modem
UNREGISTER ^tts/0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink modem
------------------------------
--------other infos ---------
Model Name PCG-F270(UC) [Laptop]
BIOS R0204K
CPU Pentium(r) II Processor [Mobile Pentium II]
Clock 333MHz
Modem Rockwell HCF 56K PCI Modem
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