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| Newer page: | version 13 | Last edited on Monday, April 11, 2005 7:32:49 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
| Older page: | version 8 | Last edited on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 3:30:38 am | by StuartYeates | Revert |
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!! Build & Configure Modem Driver
! Obtain Modem Driver Source
-I orignally obtained the source
for the module from the NZDSL site. It is all packaged in RPM format and if
you were running Redhat with the right kernel version you might
be lucky enough to get away with just installing the RPM
. However for those of us on debian it takes a bit more work
. I extracted
the source from the RPM
and built
the module and the associated utilites from that
.
+The authoritative reference
for the kernel
module that
you need seems to
be http://patrick
.spacesurfer
.com/linux_conexant_pci_adsl.html
the information below is a summary of this page
and a refactoring of
the previous information found on this wiki page
.
-You can find
the source at
the following location http://www
.wlug.org.nz/archive/Conexant/CnxADSL-TgrATM
_k2
.4.3
-6.1.2.007.tar.bz2
+Before compiling
the driver you will need to make sure your kernel is compiled with
the following options
.
+| __Kernel configuration section__ | __Description__ | _
_.config Define__
+| Networking options | Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) | CONFIG_ATM
+| Network device support | PPP (point
-to-point protocol) support | CONFIG_PPP
+| Network device support | PPP over ATM | CONFIG_PPPOATM
-Apparently it
is for
Kernel 2.4.3 but I have successfully run it with Kernels
2.4
.19 and
2.4
.20, it does complain about unresolved symbols, however ignoring this message does not seem to break anything
:) You may need to install gcc
-2.95 to compile the source correctly
.
+You will need to download a different source package depending on the version of your kernel, but after that the process
is roughly the same.
+|
Kernel 2.4 and earlier | http://patrick.spacesurfer.com/adsl/CnxADSL-6.1
.2.007-PIM-2
.tar.bz2
+| Kernel
2.6 | http://patrick
.spacesurfer.com/adsl/CnxADSL-6.1.2.007-PIM-2.6-1.1.tar.bz2
+| Kernel 2.6.10+ patch | http
://tetzu0.homeip.net/code/CnxADSL
-6.1.
2.007-PIM-2.6-1.1.patch-2.6.10
.bz2
-''Has anyone had trouble compiling these drivers for
the 2.4.24 kernel? --!JamesDoherty''
-
-Yes indeed;
the ATM structures have changed slightly; get updated drivers at http://patrick
.spacesurfer.com/adsl/CnxADSL-
6.1.
2.007-PIM-1
.tar
.bz2 -- CraigBox
+You need
the 2.6 AND
the 2
.6.10+ if you're running
2.6
.10 or higher
.
# Extract the archive, change into the Directory
# make
# make install
+NOTE: make install tries to install the init script into /etc/rc.d/init.d/ so you might need to edit the Makefile to point it to the correct location for your distribution (ie. for debian, etc.)
-This will install some userspace tools for configuring the modem (we'll deal with these in a minute) and also the kernel module. By default the kernel module seems
to be installed into
- /lib/modules/2.4.3
-12/misc/CnxADSL.o
-which is almost certainly not going
to be in
your current
module path
. I suggest that you copy it
to
- /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/CnxADSL
.o
+This will install some userspace tools for configuring the modem (we'll deal with these in a minute) and also the kernel module. At this point you probably want
to run
+ depmod
-ae
+to update
your module dependencies
. Under 2.4.26
I get a few warnings about unresolved symbols which is slightly worrying, but everything seems
to work ok
.
-That
's
the driver done
.
+NOTE: You can
't just insmod / modprobe
the driver, see the following section for how to get it to work
.
!Configure the Driver
-Actually getting the driver to load successfully is another story altogether. I have created a script that sits in /etc/init.d and runs on boot to configure the modem correctly. You can find this script below, but first
.
+Actually getting the driver to load successfully is another story altogether.
# Edit /etc/Conexant/cnxadsl.conf
**Change the VPI to 0
**Change the VCI to 100
-**You can download my cnxadsl.conf from http://www.wlug.org.nz/archive/Conexant/cnxadsl.conf
-# Replace the /etc/init.d/cnxadslctl that was supplied with the module with the following script http://www.wlug.org.nz/archive/Conexant/cnxadslctl
-**This script is very similar to the original, but I have modified it to work correctly with debian. The important parts are the parameters that are passed to the module, don't ask me what they are needed for, but they are, and the call to cnxadslconfig to set the VPI and the VCI.
-# run the script and check that it loads the module successfully.
-# Set the script to run automatically on Startup and shutdown
**update-rc.d cnxadslctl start 42 S . stop 42 0 6 .
!! Configure PPPoA
The modem driver is now up and running. However before you can actually get on the internet you will need to configure PPPoA.
Setting up PPPoA in Linux is documented on the following page [LinuxPPPoA].
+!! Extra Links
+* A comprehensive step by step guide to getting this modem working under Mandrake 9.0 - http://members.tripod.com/alord/pciadsl/pciadsl.html
+* Driver Downloads - http://www.themad-house.co.uk/conexant/conexant-drivers.html
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