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Paul · Last edited by Paul on Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:05 am; edited 3 times in total

After a long delay here are the generic 32-bit 2.1 drivers for the 'nozomi' cards. The update includes several (hopefully) significant stability improvements (from Andrew Bird) with input from several other forum members.

* Version 2.1
* 03-July-2006 Paul Hardwick
*
* - Stability Improvements. Incorporated spinlock wraps patch.
* - Updated for newer 2.6.14+ kernels (tty_buffer_request_room)
* - using __devexit macro for tty
*
For 2.6 kernel users there is now a 'make install' option to place the drivers in the hotplug directory.

Please try them out and let me know how you get on. The drivers should be considered BETA as I am only able to test on one platform at the moment (Fedora 4)

Please post your success/failures here.

(NOTE: To see the download link below you must be logged in as a registered user.)

Have fun,
Paul

Volker · Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

Paul,

the download link comes up with

Davesworld · Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 25

I'll give it a go. Thanks!

Davesworld · Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 25

OK, I compiled them for IPCop on a development version with identical kernel config as my running firewall. I was able to remove and replace via sftp and do a depmod -a and load the new modules. I get the same unresolved symbols which I don't know if they matter or not because the drivers do work. Here's my results of depmod -e. I gzipped the modules before moving them since IPCop has them all gzipped so it's purely for neatness, the modules will work either way. BTW, there is no installdir for 2.4 so I placed them where I put them when I build a nozomi-ized version of the IPCop CD complete with device nodes. Haven't built one with the new modules yet. I am posting this while using the new drivers.

root@ipcop:~ # depmod -e
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/kfifo.o.gz
depmod: __generic_copy_from_user
depmod: kmalloc
depmod: kfree
depmod: printk
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/nozomi.o.gz
depmod: __wake_up
depmod: tty_unregister_driver
depmod: pci_register_driver
depmod: tty_std_termios
depmod: schedule
depmod: snprintf
depmod: kmalloc
depmod: tty_register_driver
depmod: pci_enable_device
depmod: create_proc_entry
depmod: pci_disable_device
depmod: free_irq
depmod: remove_wait_queue
depmod: iounmap
depmod: __ioremap
depmod: proc_mkdir
depmod: kfree
depmod: pci_release_regions
depmod: remove_proc_entry
depmod: request_irq
depmod: tty_flip_buffer_push
depmod: pci_unregister_driver
depmod: schedule_task
depmod: add_wait_queue
depmod: proc_root
depmod: sprintf
depmod: printk
depmod: pci_request_regions
root@ipcop:~ #

-XoF- · Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 4

Hey Paul,

for me, the new version works out of the box like a charme. Wonderful. All problems I discovered in the past seem to be blown away, even uploading just works...:)
Dunno whether it's only the new nozomi version or the kernel update I ran a few days ago (now it's 2.6.16 with swsusp2- & gentoo-patches), but I don't care either...;)
The only important thing for me: Now UMTS _really_ works. Great!
Thanks for that!

Kind regards

-XoF-

chris · Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 5

Hi,

I have installed and tested the beta driver. On my Fedora Core 5 there are no problems with the driver. Everything works fine for me !

best regards
Chris

Davesworld · Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 25

Even with the errors it works fine here. Now with the new zero config 7.6mbs version of this card coming up, I'm wondering how that will work in Linux. They claim Mac OSX and Windows won't need drivers or an app to run but that could be another subject on another forum.

niky · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 3

Y am trying to instal your nozomi_2.1 on Linux Ubuntu Dapper AMD64, but after have been brought myself in the directory nozomi, where are all the files unstuffed, Y gave the "make" command and this replay Y had: "make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.15-23-amd64-k8/build: Nessun file o directory. Stop.make: *** [default] Error 2".
Another question: may Y use a PCard for a telephon accounter on another different accounter?
thanks niky

Paul · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:31 pm Post subject:

Hi Niky,

Please make sure that you have the header files for the kernel installed. They will be supplied by Ubunto.

To answer you second question - no these cards do not make telephone calls - they are for data links only.

BR
Paul

eddie · Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 3

Hi,

the driver works without a problem in SuSE Linux 10.1.
It even survives suspend - resume cycles; the only thing worth mentioning is that lsmod doesn't report the module as being in use while in fact it is.

Great work!

Eddie.

Nanoelf · Joined: 07 Nov 2006 Posts: 1

Hi,

I get the following error when trying to DL :

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/pharsc2/public_html/includes/mambo.php on line 464

Any suggestions?

Paul