[hcflinux] Re: hsfmodem incompatible with official debian kernel 2.4.21 ?

[Marc Boucher]

On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 01:01:51AM +0200, Marc Herbert wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Marc Boucher wrote:
> 
> > Hi Marc,
> >
> > The kernel oops is probably caused by the modules being compiled
> > with a gcc whose major version number differs from the one used to
> > build the kernel; most likely the new kernel was built with gcc 3.x
> > and the modules were rebuilt on your system with gcc 2.x.
> >
> > I am enclosing an improved kernelcompiler.sh script (to be included
> > in the next release) which should prevent this from occuring.
> > You should copy it over the old one (under modules/ in the tar archive
> > and/or /usr/lib/hsfmodem/modules/) before rebuilding the modules with
> > hsfconfig -k.
> 
> I can confirm that this compiler check fixed my issue,
> congratulations. I am impressed!

Thanks.

> This does not however mean I can reliably connect: I am just now back
> to the same state than with my previous kernel, i.e. approx. 1 out of
> 3 connections failing at carrier detection time. The modem suddenly
> stops the negotiation and starts doing a really weird sound.  I mean,
> weirder than every modem usually does. It keeps doing this funky noise
> until the software times out.

We'll contact you very shortly to properly investigate and resolve
this problem too.

Marc

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Marc.
> 
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