On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 15:26, Ged Haywood wrote: (parts of this message have been removed in order to consume less space) > > i got a usb adsl modem (ale 070), connected via eci drivers. > What drivers? http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/ > this is a program that uploads firmware to my modem, then syncs the connection and creates a pptp link through which i can enjoy the wonders of technology AKA the web. > > talked to the developer ... he said it is likely because of my ohci > > drivers and their incompatibility with my SiS usb chipset. > What drivers?? > > He also said in the 2.6 kernel there will be better support. > Better than what? If you're using 2.5 it might not be any better. If > you're using 2.4 it will be much better. If you're using 2.2 it will > be infinitely better. Sorry, forgot to describe my box, i'm on RedHat 9, kernel linux-2.4.20-19.9, using OHCI (uhci is unfortunately incompatible with my SiS chipset as i found out in the FAQs) To be more specific, he said the ehci is a lot better and all, but will it be compatible with SiS? > > First i would like to ask is any of this seems right? > Perhaps. Are you using o/u/ehci, what chipset have you got, and > what kernel are you using now? If you'll read the FAQ you'll find > information which will help you tell. > > is there a way to bring this better support to my computer now > > without installing the whole kernel. > Nope. You either install a whole kernel with the necessary modules, > or nothing at all. It takes about half an hour on a reasonably quick > machine, say a PII 400, if you don't need to install a bunch of other > stuff like modutils and binutils. They can be a bit of a pain. You > will need a compiler suite etc. and it helps if you've seen software > built under Linux before. Let's try this question differently, can i compile the ehci module assuming it is compatible on my kernel? > You might want to wait until 2.6.0 is actually released, it's at > about 2.6.0-test3 right now. Think in terms of Christmas. You might > also want to wait until one of the distributions comes out with it, > hopefully in a not-too-bastardised form. Sure I'll wait, the reason i'm asking is because i don't wanna download alpha versions. but this is getting very painful. > 73, > Ged. thanks
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