This module doesn't work with kernel 2.2.15 or 2.2.16. 2.2.14 kernels
seems to be the latest that can use the module. I'm not sure what's
changed, but I do know that it causes a kernel OOPS when trying to load
pppd and will often make the system highly unstable. When I do find the
solution, I will post it here. Anybody else who figure this out, please
let me know. But if you want to get this working now, just use kernel
2.2.14.
John Kim
Linux System Engineer @ ASL - visit us as www.aslab.com
On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Tom Massey wrote:
> Hi, I was wondering if anybody has managed to get the Lucent
> linux568.zip driver working with MDK 7.1, kernel 2.2.15-4mdk? Worked
> fine in MDK 6, 6.1, 7, but I can't get it going with 7.1.
>
> Running the ltinst script (as root) gives:
>
> insmod: ltmodem: no module by that name found
>
> Though the script seems to put the module in
> /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc, and make the link to /dev/modem etc, just
> doesn't load the module. Strangely, I don't get the usual error message
> about 'kernal mismatch' when running the script. I do get '***unresolved
> symbols in module' at boot when it checks for module dependencies.
>
> But in dmesg I find:
>
> PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling)
> PPP line discipline registered.
> Lucent Modem driver version 4.27.5.66 with MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT
> SHARE_IRQ enabled
> ttyS14 at 0x1000 (irq = 11) is a Lucent
> registered device ppp0
> PPP BSD Compression module registered
> PPP Deflate Compression module registered
>
> Which seems to me to indicate it's detecting and loading it OK, but when
> I try to use it, it dials OK, but then PPPD dies with the error message
> 'Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference'. Anybody know what
> that means? Would I be better off going back to the MDK 7 kernel - and
> if so, does anybody know what works in the new kernel that won't with
> the old one (eg Reiser FS). I'd prefer not to go back to my 14.4
> modem....
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Massey
>
