[hsflinux] ALI M5457 AC-Link modem

[Marc Villegas]

	Hello list,

	I am in trouble with an Omnibook (HP) XE4500, the built-in ALI M5457
AC-Link modem (HSF) and the latest version of the hsflinmodem drivers :

hsflinmodem-5.03.03.L3mbsibeta02101001-1

	Here is the '/var/log/messages' located output of the 'modprobe -v
hsfserial' command :

Oct 24 22:16:03 testsi4 insmod: Module hsfali loaded, with warnings
Oct 24 22:16:03 testsi4 kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:08.0
Oct 24 22:16:03 testsi4 kernel: HSF: MC97 VendorId1=0x4358
VendorId2=0xffff
Oct 24 22:16:03 testsi4 kernel: ERROR: did not find a supported MC97
controller ! (0x4358:0xffff)
Oct 24 22:16:03 testsi4 kernel: ERROR: did not find a supported MC97
controller ! (0x4358:0xffff)
Oct 24 22:16:03 testsi4 kernel: hsf_request_port: open failed

	Here is a selected output of the 'lspci -vv' command concerning the ALI
M5457 hardware :

00:08.0 Modem: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5457 AC-Link Modem
Interface Controller (prog-if 00 [Generic])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 0025
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 64
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
        Region 0: Memory at e0002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=4K]
        Region 1: I/O ports at 1400 [size=256]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

and the console located output of the same 'modprob -v hsfserial'
command :

Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/misc/hsfosspec.o will taint
the kernel: non-GPL license - Copyright (C) 1996-2001 Conexant Systems
Inc. All Rights Reserved.
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about
tainted modules
Module hsfosspec loaded, with warnings
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/misc/hsfengine.o
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/misc/hsfengine.o will taint
the kernel: non-GPL license - Copyright (C) 1996-2001 Conexant Systems
Inc. All Rights Reserved.
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about
tainted modules
Module hsfengine loaded, with warnings
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/misc/hsfserial.o serialmajor=240
calloutmajor=241

	The strange thing is that this kind of hardware combination was
reported to work before by a lot of people. Fortunately, I am not the
only one encountering this problem in this list :

http://www.mbsi.ca/pipermail/hsflinux/2002q4/000502.html

	It seems to be a very similar pb. (but, perhaps this hardware
combination is not supported).

	Is it a bug (a regression) or the official position about the ALI M5457
and HP XE4500 was (and remains) "not supported" ?

Regards.
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