[hcflinux] ubuntu 4.10 (kernel 2.6) asm-68k problem and module loading problem

[Linuxant support (Jonathan)]

Hi,

thank you for the dump you have provided. We are going to take a look at 
this problem and when a fix will be available, we will contact you back.

Regards,


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


Michael Salcher wrote:
> hi
> 
> i attached hcfdiag.txt which was generated by 'hcfusbconfig --dumpdiag
> --noprobe'. i didn't remove the line that requires the asm-68k/setup.h file 
> in the include/asm/setup.h file because then the module would compile and
> install and that would mean that my machine would hang at each startup and i
> would have to go into rescue mode and fix that up again. and rescue mode is
> difficult to get to in ubuntu.
> 
> michael salcher
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>we are not aware of this build issue with the 2.6.8.1-3-powerpc kernel 
>>of Ubuntu and this is strange that the file 'include/asm/setup.h' 
>>includes a file in a specific architecture directory (68k).
>>
>>As you have found out, there are known crash issues with the HCF USB 
>>driver and the 2.6 kernels and we are going to take a look at this 
>>problem. Please try to generate the dump with the:
>>
>>---
>>hcfusbconfig --dumpdiag --noprobe
>>---
>>
>>command instead of the:
>>
>>---
>>hcfusbconfig --dumpdiag
>>---
>>
>>command, it will probably prevent the crash. You should send us the dump 
>>at support at linuxant.com, it will help us solve the problem.
>>
>>In the meantime, you should make sure that your kernel was not compiled 
>>with the 'CONFIG_PREEMPT' option enabled. Alternatively, you could try 
>>with a fresh 2.6.10 kernel from http://www.kernel.org to see if there is 
>>a difference.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>
>>Jonathan
>>Technical specialist / Linuxant
>>www.linuxant.com
>>support at linuxant.com
>>
>>
>>Michael Salcher wrote:
>>
>>>hi
>>>
>>>i have an ibook g3 which has a connexant usb modem which should be
>>
>>supported
>>
>>>by your hcf driver. i downloaded hcfusbmodem-1.04powerpcfull.tar.gz and
>>
>>did
>>
>>>"make install". when running hcfusbconfig i run into problems though. i
>>
>>am
>>
>>>running ubuntu 4.10 (warty warhog), a debian based distro. i'm using
>>
>>their
>>
>>>standard kernel 2.6.8.1-3-powerpc. i installed the kernel sources but
>>>hcfusbconfig does not complete and the buildlog reads:
>>>
>>>include/asm/setup.h:8:28 asm-68k/setup.h: No such file or directory
>>>
>>>if i do a "find" i can see that i really don't have such a file.
>>>so what i did was, i edited include/asm/setup.h not to include that line
>>>that says it needs that asm-68k/setup.h file. then hcfusboncifg said it
>>>can't load the driver. i read through info on your website and thought
>>
>>that
>>
>>>i should use the same version of gcc that was used to compile my kernel.
>>>after doing that hcfusbconfig says it can't find my modem. the computer
>>>freezes and everytime at bootup it froze too - but that is fixed again.
>>
>>i
>>
>>>can boot into ubuntu again.
>>>i tried to do hcfusbconfig --dumpdiag but it tries to probe the first
>>
>>device
>>
>>>and then freezes. whenever i try to "modprobe hcfusbhw" the computer
>>>freezes.
>>>i had a look through the mailing list archives and there are some people
>>
>>who
>>
>>>use debian on a ppc with kernel 2.6 and it does not seem to work for
>>
>>them
>>
>>>either. does that mean the hcf driver just does not work with debian and
>>>that kernel?
>>>
>>>michael salcher
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