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The HSFmodem does require patching alsa driver on my thinkpad that uses snd_hda_intel if I remember correctly. The alsa patch is only up to 1.0.23 but the kernel has been using 1.0.24 for a long time. <br><br>At one time unpatched alsa driver did not even compile on newer kernels, I had to keep patching the driver inside the kernel directly instead of trying to compile the one posted on alsa-project.org. The new kernels may be giving everyone a hard time. :)<br><br>Looking at the About Linuxant "News" & Announcement on the web, the last one was dated 2006. I wonder if the company is still in business. :(<br><br><br><div>> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:53:25 +0100<br>> From: chris@cvine.freeserve.co.uk<br>> To: p_c_chan@hotmail.com<br>> CC: jhart@customstaffing.com; hsflinux@lists.linuxant.com<br>> Subject: Re: [hsflinux] Problem using cnxtinstall.run with Debian Linux For Conexant HSF 56K Data/Fax Modem<br>> <br>> On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:30:56 -0400<br>> "P. C. Chan" <p_c_chan@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> > The laptop I am using now at work requires the alsa driver to be<br>> > patched as well. I'll try the patch at home to see if it works for<br>> > 3.0.1. I don't have to patch alsa on my desktop at home.<br>> <br>> I thought it was HCF which requires the alsa driver? The patch will<br>> almost certainly not work with the HCF driver (although you could use it<br>> as a template).<br>> <br>> > I think the kernel has changed quite a bit, more than the lock.<br>> <br>> Indeed it has. The patch deals with the relevant changes. However, a<br>> considerable number of them are to do with changes to the locking<br>> primitives in the kernel (not just the removal of the global lock).<br>> There was also an ioctl change.<br>> <br>> > kept patching it on my own till somewhat 2.6.37 and gave up since the<br>> > modem is something I haven't been using for years and probably<br>> > something I can live without.<br>> <br>> I use it for faxing.<br>> <br>> Chris<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> hsflinux mailing list<br>> hsflinux@lists.linuxant.com<br>> https://www.linuxant.com/mailman/listinfo/hsflinux<br></div> </div></body>
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