goldennuggets, Thanks man, Gee I sure feel silly, as I found the new password after you told me about 2 posts down. It worked. Hey, I was wondering if its alright with you if I upload the HCF driver in tar.gz format. Someone in another post wants it, and Ive already emailed it to a couple of people, this would keep me from uploading it so many times on my speedy 56k. If its ok with you, I'll get it up there shortly. Looks like you have 5mb of space there. the file is about 7??k i think. My apologies for not reading the entire post. lol

Go ahead, i'm sure it'll be of help to many. Glad that you got it working. and Thanks for asking, i really appreciate that, being that most people don't anymore.

I posted it a few minutes ago. Thanks again for allowing me to put it there.

ok i need some help i dl the file and ran in to some errors
can any one help me make sence of it??

[root@localhost sbin]# ./hcfpciconfig
Linux HCF controllerless modem drivers, version 0.99lnxtbeta03042700

WARNING: this is an EXPERIMENTAL BETA VERSION of the HCF drivers for Linux.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! See the file /usr/lib/hcfpci/LICENSE for details.

Conexant Systems neither distributes nor maintains this package.
PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT CONEXANT REGARDING THIS SOFTWARE!!!

If you require assistance or need more information, go to:
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers

When reporting a problem for the first time, please send
us the file generated by "hcfpciconfig --dumpdiag".

Should we attempt to automatically configure your hardware? [yes]

Selected PCI VendorID=14F1 DeviceID=1033
and INF file /etc/hcfpci/inf/hcfv90_linux.inf

Unable to determine country, defaulting to "USA"

Configuring modem for country: "USA"
You can change this setting later with the command "hcfpciconfig --country"

Warning: existing HCF modules found under /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/misc/
Would you like to keep using them? [no]

This package does not contain pre-built modules suitable for your system:
Distribution: RedHat-1
Kernel arch: athlon
Kernel version: linux-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl

Trying to automatically re-compile the modules..
(this requires a C compiler and proper kernel sources to be installed)

Where is the linux source build directory that matches your running kernel?
[/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/build]

Re-compiling HCF modules for kernel 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl, using source directory
/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/build. Please wait..

ERROR: Module re-compilation and installation failed!
Please examine the log file "/tmp/hcfpciconfig-buildlog.txt" to determine why.
[root@localhost sbin]#



/tmp/hcfpciconfig-buildlog.txt

../modules/kernelcompiler.sh: using gcc; cannot find compiler matching:
../modules/kernelcompiler.sh: gcc version 3.2.3 20030422 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-6)
rm -f *.o *.a
../../modules/kernelcompiler.sh: using gcc; cannot find compiler matching:
../../modules/kernelcompiler.sh: gcc version 3.2.3 20030422 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-6)
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/lib/hcfpci/modules/osspec'
rm -f *.o *.a
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/hcfpci/modules/osspec'
* compiling (gcc) mod_osspec.c
make -C osspec all
../../modules/kernelcompiler.sh: using gcc; cannot find compiler matching:
../../modules/kernelcompiler.sh: gcc version 3.2.3 20030422 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-6)
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/lib/hcfpci/modules/osspec'
* compiling (gcc) osstdio.c
* compiling (gcc) osnvm.c
* compiling (gcc) osresour.c
* compiling (gcc) osservices.c
* compiling (gcc) osstring.c
ar cr libosspec.a osstdio.o osnvm.o osresour.o osservices.o osstring.o
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/hcfpci/modules/osspec'
> linking kernel module hcfpciosspec.o

* compiling (gcc) mod_engine.c
> linking kernel module hcfpciengine.o

* compiling (gcc) serial_hcf.c
In file included from serial_hcf.c:943:
serial_core.c: In function `uart_close':
serial_core.c:1073: error: invalid operands to binary ==
make: *** [serial_hcf.o] Error 1

What is in your /usr/src directory (your kernel source code is /usr/src/linux-<version number>

# Compiling/installing kernel modules
You will need to have installed:
1. The developmental packages (compiler)
2. The kernel-source code that matches your running kernel
3. The module source or install code

Check out your system and look under the hood and see if you installed the stuff you need to do the job. Open an x terminal and type in this sequence of commands to see what kernel we are running and see if you have the kernel source installed:I am running kernel version 2.4.20-28.7. Do I have the proper source code?I do have the same kernel version source code installed in the directory /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-28.7 and there is a symbolic link named linux-2.4 pointing to it.

If you don't see something similiar to this (but in color), you will need to install the kernel source.

NOTE: I noticed that Red Hat didn't make the symbolic link /usr/src/linux that all of the INSTALL files that I have read mentioned that I need, so I may as well make one now to save editing the files in the source code every time I need to compile anything concerning the kernel in order to get them to install correctly.So, I'll make it just now:Ah, there it is, so that's done.

Next, did I install the compiler?Yes, I have a compiler installed.

If you don't have those two things installed, you have to install them first off your install CD.

If they are installed, download the source and happy comiling. Make sure you carefully read the README and INSTALL files after extracting and before compiling/installing.

[root@localhost src]# uname -r
2.4.22-1.2115.nptl
[root@localhost src]# ls -alc
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jan 4 14:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Dec 18 19:35 ..
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 5 19:07 debug
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Dec 18 19:51 linux-2.4 -> linux-2.4.2 2-1.2115.nptl
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Dec 18 19:51 linux-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 1 22:44 nvidia
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Dec 18 19:48 redhat
[root@localhost src]# gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.3.2/specs
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --host=i386-redhat-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.3.2 20031022 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.2-1)


ok i assume i have it all installed is this ok?

Yes, but you probably need the link /usr/src/linux as mentioned in the red <note> in my post above

Could it be that its the wrong complier version yours says 3.3.2. That is my guess, but im no guru. Theres a command that people used to install the nvidia drivers in fedora to use an older compiler. I think its export gcc=gcc3.2 or export gcc=3.2 or something like that. If you search around for the nvidia driver you should find that command. You have to have the older compiler install too, however. Good luck, I couldnt get em to work with fedora. You might wanna check out a cheap external 56k. www.computergeeks.com has em for like 18.99 or so.

Hi all,
I too am put out by Linuxant's practice of charging. I need the HCF driver not the HSF. If someone would kindly post it I would be very thankful. My modem is made by Creative and I've expressed my displeasure to them because they don't have a Linux driver for this modem. If I can return it, which I may not be able too, I will pickup a serial modem if I can find one locally.
Thanks for any help you might be able to give.
Jim

See my previous posts in this thread, and search for others.. The drivers for both hsf and hcf are there. The HCF is a tarball, but will they are easy to install in both mandy and slack with no probs.

Hi,

I was just wondering whether anybody has the new drivers for the Conexant HSF linmodem. I think it's version 6.03. I did find the full version of 5.03 in the earlier posts. I was curious as to whether 6.03 has stability improvements over the earlier versions.

I would love to just pay the 15 dollars and get it over with. But, I'm a student, don't have a credit card and don't even live in the US. So, I'm reduced to asking people.

By the way, if you pay for the full version, the new versions (updates) are free, right? Just asking.

Arvind

Not sure where to aquire the new ones. I still don't believe in having to pay for drivers to a product you already own. The only real improvement over the beta drivers is v.92 transfer, as the ones i'm using now only allow v.90 even though my modem supports v.92.

.stan

Ok, thank you. Nobody seems to have the new ones. I'll stick to using 5.03 for now.

Arvind

PS: I seem to be the only one having problems like the whole system hanging as soon as I come offline, though. It is said in the FAQ that some AC 97 sound cards have a problem with the drivers. I am sick of it. I'm planning to just throw the modem out and get a "real" one.

OK, I too have the .....hcfpcimodem-0.99lnxtbeta0.3042700.tar.gz
I zipped it up along with the FAQ and install html that I got from linuxant
site, I downloaded these on 08-29-03 while it was still free and burned to CD-r and forgot about them......If anyone wants to "hack" on the source,
be my guest.....edit to get the zip file.........good luck

I have the drivers for Conexant HCF PCI V92 Modem, Creative Labs Broadxent.
If you need it, send me a mail at edit

BTW has anyone tried these drivers with Kernel 2.6 + module-init-tools ????

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