[hsflinux] My modem not working...

[Daniel Eriksson]

Hi. 
I've got a strange problem. I don't know if it's my hsf drivers that's
the problem, but something in my system is giving me trouble. 

I usually use ifup (included in rh8) for connecting to Internet. Last
week while I was connected I ran out of diskspace. When I disconnected
from Internet I got the following in /var/log/messages: 

Oct 20 19:31:07 Datorn pppd[27556]: Terminating on signal 15. 
Oct 20 19:31:07 Datorn pppd[27556]: Connection terminated. 
Oct 20 19:31:07 Datorn pppd[27556]: Connect time 6.5 minutes. 
Oct 20 19:31:07 Datorn pppd[27556]: Sent 66951 bytes, received 468540
bytes. 
Oct 20 19:31:07 Datorn pppd[27556]: Exit. 
Oct 20 19:31:07 Datorn pppd[27445]: Couldn't get channel number:
Input/output error 
Oct 20 19:31:07 Datorn /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET unregister event not
supported 
Oct 20 19:31:08 Datorn pppd[27445]: Exit. 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at
virtual address ffffffff 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel:  printing eip: 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: c8b7b75b 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: *pde = 00001063 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: *pte = 00000000 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: Oops: 0002 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: ppp_deflate zlib_deflate ppp_async
hsfbasic2 hsfserial hsfengine hsfosspec ppp 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: CPU:    0 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: EIP:    0010:[<c8b7b75b>]    Tainted: P 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: EFLAGS: 00210046 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: EIP is at hsf_rx_chars [hsfserial] 0xdb
(2.4.18-14) 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: eax: ffffffff   ebx: c55c7000   ecx:
00000000   edx: 00000000 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: esi: c8b7d180   edi: 000000ff   ebp:
c19c1f84   esp: c19c1f6c 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: Process cnxthsf_mdmthrd (pid: 1115,
stackpage=c19c1000) 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: Stack: c8b7f32c c8b7d420 00000100
00000000 c19c1fb0 c19c024e c19c1fa4 c8b78136 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel:        c7117dc0 c8b7d420 00000100
00000000 c8b78100 c8b7ffd4 c19c1fec c011fc5a 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel:        c8b7d180 c8b7d52c c8b7ff7c
c19c0000 c19c0000 c8a5ea14 c8a63f78 c19c0000 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: Call Trace: [<c8b7d420>] hsf_readbuf
[hsfserial] 0x0 (0xc19c1f70)) 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: [<c8b78136>] hsf_intr [hsfserial] 0x36
(0xc19c1f88)) 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: [<c8b7d420>] hsf_readbuf [hsfserial] 0x0
(0xc19c1f90)) 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: [<c8b78100>] hsf_intr [hsfserial] 0x0
(0xc19c1f9c)) 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: [<c011fc5a>] __run_task_queue [kernel]
0x5a (0xc19c1fa8)) 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: [<c8b7d180>] hsf_ports [hsfserial] 0x0
(0xc19c1fac)) 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: [<c8b7d52c>] hsf_intr_tqueue [hsfserial]
0x0 (0xc19c1fb0)) 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: [<c8a5ea14>] cnxthsf_mdmthrd [hsfosspec]
0xe4 (0xc19c1fc0)) 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: [<c8a63f78>] tq_mdmthrd [hsfosspec] 0x0
(0xc19c1fc4)) 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: [<c8a5ea28>] cnxthsf_mdmthrd [hsfosspec]
0xf8 (0xc19c1fd0)) 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: [<c010744e>] kernel_thread [kernel] 0x2e
(0xc19c1ff0)) 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: [<c8a63f94>] startup.2 [hsfosspec] 0x0
(0xc19c1ff4)) 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: [<c8a5e930>] cnxthsf_mdmthrd [hsfosspec]
0x0 (0xc19c1ff8)) 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: 
Oct 20 19:31:16 Datorn kernel: Code: c6 00 00 eb aa c7 05 00 d4 b7 c8 00
00 00 00 8b 46 4c 40 89 

Doesn't say me much. I fixed the diskspace problem using partition magic
in Windows. However, after this, I haven't been able to connect using
ifup anymore (I just get the error message "Failed to activate ppp0 with
error 9"). Using wvdial works though, so I'm far from sure that the hsf
drivers are the problem... 

Anyone that has any clue? I'm running RH8, kernel 2.4.18-14 and I'm
using the precompiled rpm (athlon version) for my kernel. 

/Daniel