Re: Problem with 2.6-testXX and alcatel speedtouch usb modem

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 07:08:30PM +0800, Luis Medinas wrote:
> >I try to make this modem working.
> >It works very well on kernel 2.4 series.
> >It work with some kernel 2.6 until test2-mm1.
> >But since test2-mm1, the newer kernel doesn't work anymore.
> >There is 2 related drivers for this modem.
> >The one which is included in the kernel and which can be found here :
> >http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/
> >and the one which I've always used until now :
> >speedtouch.sourceforge.net
> 
> >when I notice that the old one doesn't work anymore, I try with the driver 
> >which included in the kernel, without success.
> 
> >It crashed when I do "pppd call adsl".
> >I can load the firmware.
> 
> Looks like this is happening to all 2.6.0-test3 users with speedtouch
> usb modems And i heard that speedtouch.sf.net developers want to leave
> 2.6 tree stabilize more a little bit to continue develop drivers with
> the correct support.

Um, as you have helped narrow down where the problem happened, I would
_really_ suggest they get involved in order to get the 2.6 tree to a
"stable" state.  Otherwise this bug is not going to get fixed due to the
fact that this is the only driver having problems right now.

thanks,

greg k-h