[hsflinux] [BUG] hsfmodem-7.47.00.01: hangup, deadlock?

[Paul Drynoff]

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:48:27 -0400
"Linuxant support (Jonathan)" <support at linuxant.com> wrote:

> it is possible that this is a modulation stability issue and it is 
What is this "modulation"?

> possible that simply installing a valid license will fix this issue as 
> another modulation is likely to be used.
> 
So, you mention that license that I use now
# hsfconfig --info 2>&1 | grep "License key"
        License key    : FREE

is not valid, and may be if I buy "full" license it is fix situation?

> In the generic packages of the HSF modem driver, we provide the source 
> code which is close to the Linux kernel. It is quite possible that you 
> will be able to use the patch you have mentioned with the HSF modem 
> driver with minimal modification of the source code provided with the 
> driver. Source code of the binary part or a rebuild of it is probably 
> not needed.
> 
Thanks for clear description, I'll try compile it with locked patch.

> Thank you for reporting the udev issue and a way to fix it. Can you tell 
> us what Linux distribution and version you are currently using so we 
> could reproduce this udev issue?
> 
Gentoo, udev 0.94,
I don't think that it is related to distribution issue,
just udevd become more strict.

See for example:

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138531

> If you require more assistance, please send to support at linuxant.com the 
> output of 'dumpdiag'. Type the following in a root shell:
> 
> ---
> hsfconfig --dumpdiag
> ---
> 
> Just send us the generated file located in /tmp ('hsfdiag.txt').
> It'll help us solve the problem.
> 

At first look `hsfconfig --dumpdiag' take some private information from
dmesg output, so I'll send it after I check its output.