Archived thread 100946 from Hardware & Laptops. Markdown source: Hardware_&_Laptops/thread_100946_Conexant_HSF_Modem_Open_Source_Drivers.md
Hello, I'd like to ask about this driver: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/forum/hardware/Conexant
The one Alexandre Strube/Rafael Espíndola ported to the ubuntu/linux kernel 2.6.12. Where can I get more information on this like the name of the module so I can modprobe it and get GnomePPP to work with it? I cannot find any info on this, is it really in the kernel already, how do I put in the hsf part? I checked lspci with it and the chipset/card is identical.
Thanks -MistaED
you will get more info here re conexant but be aware for the full version you will have to pay, it may be cheaper to buy a new modem from ebay. The trial version restricts speeds to 14bps.
please google a wiki page searching for installing rh9 on compaq nx9010. The page explains how to make the modem work full speed with the driver of linuxant.
Personally I bought my notebook with mdk 9.2 thus i was upset that i did not get a full speed modem driver with my new machine. I do think that it is unjust that you buy your pc with linux and they sell it to you without having free linux driver (or propietary but its price included in the price of the pc).
good luck
im new to linux and i can not seem to find the page you said to look for could you provide a link please.
Hello, I'd like to ask about this driver: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/forum/hardware/Conexant
The one Alexandre Strube/Rafael Espíndola ported to the ubuntu/linux kernel 2.6.12. Where can I get more information on this like the name of the module so I can modprobe it and get GnomePPP to work with it? I cannot find any info on this, is it really in the kernel already, how do I put in the hsf part? I checked lspci with it and the chipset/card is identical.
Thanks -MistaED I just looked at that.
Long ago, before linuxant was in business, two guys from Montreal (Marc Boucher and another person, I beleive) started a project to get the conexant chipset modems to work in linux. During the development, they provided their driver for free. It was not open source, since they used a precompiled binary they got from Conexant.
This is the old, free 2.4 kernel driver for conexant chipsets. Just before the 2.6 kernel was released, they ported it to the 2.6 kernel and closed the project, and started to charge money for it. They became Linuxant.
The project you refer to above is a copy of that original free, beta driver, which has been ported to the 2.6 kernel. The precompiled binary part is still there. It is proprietary and not open source. It is also something like three years old and may not work with newer modems. I am not sure about how legal it is to distribute the proprietary object files.
So, no, it will never become part of the kernel unless they release that precompiled binary as free-libre open source software.
These are the object files in question from the driver package: dora@dora:~/Desktop$ ls conexant/modules/imported/ hsfali.O hsfbasic2.O hsfengine.O hsfich.O hsfvia.O hsfyukon.O include
Installing RH9 on a Compaq nx9010 laptop - FreaxWiki http://freax.be/wiki/index.php/Installing_RH9_on_a_Compaq_nx9010_laptop
lance bermudez said: Installing RH9 on a Compaq nx9010 laptop - FreaxWiki
http://freax.be/wiki/index.php/Installing_RH9_on_a_Compaq_nx9010_laptop
That link show a empty page. Can anybody tell me where find get work my modem? (laptop compaq nx9010)
Salute Frank Abel
no problem, dude
It's a Conexant 56k ACLink Modem and located on PCI 0:8:0, man lspci for more info.
Note from Germán Sanchis Trilles: The winmodem works perfectly using the hsf (softmodem) driver from linuxant. You can find this driver in [http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/index.php www.linuxant.com/ drivers/ hsf/ index.php]. Since I use debian and neither my distribution nor me feel too confident with rpms, I haven't tried the rpm package, I installed it with the tar.gz package. Read the README file for instructions about how to install the driver, they are quite clear. After the installation, the modem should be accessible at /dev/ttySHSF0 or at /dev/modem, the latter one being a symbolic link of the former one.
Note from Philip Van Hoof: I have tested the RPM package hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt03091800free-1.i386.rpm and verify that this package works. It also works on a patched kernel (see below at ACPI support). You can find this file here: [http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/free/downloads.php www.linuxant.com/ drivers/ hsf/ free/ downloads.php].
Output of hsfconfig --info:
Config for modem unit 0: /dev/ttySHSF0 Device instance: 0-PCI-10b9:5457-103c:0850 HW revision : CXT29 HW profile name: hsfmc97ali Current region : BELGIUM (T.35 code: 000F)
The /dev/modem alias (symlink) points to /dev/ttySHSF0
Note from Lamarque Souza: Use this key regenerator to make the linuxant driver work at full speed in 2.6 kernels:
wget http://www.geocities.com/booboohoot/generator.pl chmod 755 generator.pl ./generator.pl <License owner> <Registration ID>
You can get the License owner and Registration ID with
hsfconfig --info
The key generated should enable full modem functionality (including full speed and fax). I have not tested the modem as fax so do not ask me it really works. If the key generator does not work (it does not work with the latest driver, hsfmodem-7.18.00full.tar.gz) use the hack below. This hack does not enable fax functionality.
Note from Lamarque: I use version 7.18 of the driver. I do not have hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt04082400full.tar.gz or a key generator for driver version 7.x. Please do not ask me for any of them. Use the hack if you want to user driver version 7.x.
To hack the driver just use hexedit to replace the 74 number to 75 at offset 0x248cd of hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt04051300full/modules/imported/hsfengine-i386.O or /usr/lib/hsfmodem/modules/imported/hsfengine-i386.O (if the driver is already installed):
hexedit hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt04051300full/modules/imported/hsfengine-i386.O
Press ENTER, type 248cd, press ENTER, type 75, press ENTER, press Ctrl+X, type Y, press ENTER.
The offset 0x248cd will be different if you use a driver other than hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt04051300full.tar.gz. The offset of driver hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt04082400full.tar.gz is 0x2488D. The offset of the latest driver (hsfmodem-7.18.00full.tar.gz) is 0x2659D.
I had a memory leak in my notebook caused by an infinite loop in modprobe (in modules.dep hsfserial depends on hsfmc97ali and vice-versa). The memory leak seems to be solved in version 7.18. To prevent the memory leak edit hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt04051300full/scripts/hsfconfig or /usr/sbin/hsfconfig (if the driver is already installed), change the lines below from:
echo "probeall /dev/ttySHSF hsfpcibasic2 hsfmc97ich hsfmc97via hsfmc97ali" echo "probeall hsfserial hsfpcibasic2 hsfmc97ich hsfmc97via hsfmc97ali"
To
echo "probeall /dev/ttySHSF hsfpcibasic2 hsfmc97ali"
Execute
cd hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt04051300full make install hsfconfig
And also this:
In the same forum where I found this hack there is also a post of a patch to enable full speed driver with kernel 2.6. I have not tested it since mine is already in full speed. :-)
Note from Milton Paiva Neto: To get the modem working at maximum speed, download the file www.meumaterial.hpg.com.br/ modem/ dell-hsflinmodem-5.03.27.tar.gz in a tmp directory :Note from jt :This site no longer works.Why steal in linux
#tar -zxvf dell-hsflinmodem-5.03.27.tar.gz
will be created three directories(dell,etc,usr), type i
Change to the created directory
If you have any previous version of this modem driver you will need to remove the old driver, to remove type
now that you have uninstalled the driver, install the new one
The driver will be installed, you will get the message telling that the modem were installed, now type
Type 'yes' for automatic detection: yes Type the name of your country (if exist in the list):BRAZIL Type the path of your kernel source (depends on your kernelversion): /lib/modules/2.4.20-8custom/build Note from Philip Van Hoof: To know what path you need, try echo "/lib/modules/uname -r/build" ps. I recompiled my kernel for ACPI and NTFS support using the instructions on this site.
Congratulations your modem has been configured, enjoy it at 56k!
Feel free to contribute additional information or mail me in case of problems (see below).
Note from Peter Scott:
Fedora core == 1 I had to edit the serial_core.c file inorder to get hsfconfig to be able to compile the driver corectly. to do this:
edit the file hsf/usr/src/hsflinmodem/hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03041600/modules/serial_ core.c and change line 1073 from if ((tty->count == 1) && (state->count != 1)) { to if (((tty->count.counter) == 1) && (state->count != 1)) {
then run make install followed by /usr/sbin/hsfconfig
Note From Ow(Ow.Mun.Heng_at_nospam_wdc_com)
RH9 + Kernel 2.4.23+cpufreq_patch) Tried compiling it.. This one can be compiled as is.. (i think, I'm lazy to re-compile it) After a few tries.. I vi the modules/makefile and just uncommented line 41
1. Remove the following if your OS already has the new serial core 2. (expected to be merged one day in linux 2.5)
serial_hsf.o: CFLAGS += -DCNXTSERIAL_INCLUDE_CORE <---uncommented
1. The following is a workaround as the previous line causes certain 2. versions of GNU make to crash with the message: 3. "make: expand.c:489: allocated_variable_append: Assertion
`current_variable_set_list->next != 0' failed."
1. CFLAGS-serial_hsf = -DCNXTSERIAL_INCLUDE_CORE <--- commented out
1. serial_hsf.o: serial_core.c serial_core.h <----commented out
Again.. I iterate.. It might work without _any_ changes at all.. :)
I suggest you to use the first version, since it's more easy.
Need the link for the driver?
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/full/archive/hsfmodem-7.18.00full/hsfmodem-7.18.00full.tar.gz
greetz
loko
i can also lead you to these informations:
Windows: Works fine, get the driver from Acer Europe.
FC4: Partial function - work in progress. It is a Conexant software controlled AC97 modem, so you will need the drivers from Linuxant. Good idea to check out linmodems.org as well for general background.
Unless there were major variations during the production run of the Aspire 3020 / 5020 machines, your modem should use a Conexant chipset. Use scanModem from linmodems.org to check. scanModem is pretty clever and will give you lots of useful information.
Find out what kernel and processor you have; for the Aspire 3023WLMi it's an i686.
]# uname -a
Go to linuxant.com and download the appropriate driver for your kernel, distro and processor.
I use Fedora Core 4, so got the rpm and installed it that way.
Check that the service hsf is running by starting it:
]# /sbin/service hsf start
Then make sure the modules are loaded:
]# /sbin/lsmod
try:
]# /usr/sbin/hsfconfig
I get:
ERROR: no device detected by hsf driver
Ok, so you need to download the driver source (hsfmodem-7.18.00.05full-1.i386.rpm.zip), and the newdev patch (hsf-7.18.00.05-newdev.patch). Note - future releases of hsfmodem will probably integrate this patch, so you may only have to install the plain RPM
Remove the previous version of the hsfmodem RPM (I use Synaptic). Extract and install the hsfmodem source RPM. Copy the patch to /usr/lib/hsfmodem. Patch the sources with
]# patch -p1 <hsf-7.18.00.05-newdev.patch
Compile the sources with
]# cd modules ]# make
Now run
]# /usr/sbin/hsfconfig
Which will prompt you to remove the current modules and to compile / install some new ones. Press enter, the defaults should be fine.
(While figuring this out, I also ran make install directly after make, so if you are having trouble, try that.)
After this, I had a working modem. I used Fedora's Network Configuration GUI to install a new device and enter my ISP's phone number details. This information is stored in /etc/wvdial.conf. Some of it is generic to the modem, some is specific to your ISP settings. You can double click on ppp0 to get the modem to initialise, just make sure that flow control is set to Software / XONXOFF. I am having trouble maintaining a connection, but at least I can hear the modem intialising and negotiating a connection with my ISP.
On the command line you initialise the modem like so
]# /sbin/ifup yourisp
Note, using Modem0, ppp0, /dev/modem as 'yourisp' does not work. You must use the Dialler ID from your /etc/wvdial.conf, as in, [Dialler yourisp].
]# /sbin/ifconfig ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:219.88.31.109 P-t-P:192.168.9.133 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:12 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:210 (210.0 b) TX bytes:228 (228.0 b)
]# ping 192.168.9.133 PING 192.168.9.133 (192.168.9.133) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.9.133: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=13549 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.9.133: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=12613 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.9.133: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=11718 ms
So there is a bit of a problem here but at least the computers are talking to each other, albeit at a level not much higher than morse code. I will look into this and publish any solutions here shortly
The support team at Linuxant suggested trying hsfconfig with a trial licence: This did not work for me at all, in fact it was worse than the unlicensed, crippled version of the driver. My computer locked up completely! I have tried compiling the driver with 4KSTACKS disabled in the kernel, to no avail.
NEWSFLASH One user has reported success with the modem on their Aspire 3023. I received this email:
25/11/2005 22:21 Hi, Michael!
I found the way how to make modem work under Linux so you can also try. You must download new hsf modem driver from linuxant, but download souce code, the name is hsfmodem-7.18.00.07full.tar.gz After untaring and unziping put in the hsfmodem directory file that is in [B] this attachment [/B] and run it in shell. (this is a litle bit of cheating, but it is working :-) ) After that run make install, and after that hsfconfig. Put in the licence informations that is written in this .dat file.
I use suse 9.3 and kpppd and my second init string must be AT&FW3+M5=V90
the init string that they suggest dos not work for me.
Speed is just 14 000, but I will try to make it faster.
Good Luck!
dejan kuticic
And a few days later, this email:
30/11/2005 22:48
Now I changed first init string in:AT &FW3+MS=V92,1,28800,33600,28800,56000 and second init string in:ATX3
and I have full 52000 speed. The line is not stable too much, some times it disconnects but it is working, that is also something :)
Cheers!
I haven't tried these instructions yet, due to having neither time nor a dial-up account to test with. I can pass on any questions you might have for Dejan if you need further assistance.
hope it helps you
I found a way to set max speed with the linuxant proprietary drivers.
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=321063&highlight=linuxant
crazy___cow said: I found a way to set max speed with the linuxant proprietary drivers.
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=321063&highlight=linuxant
your thread has been deleted by the forum-admins.
Here is the definitive tutorial for installing Conexant free modules on Ubuntu
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=190728
Hint: read the latest posts as they contain useful add-ons to original howto.
Please be warned: free modules work only with Dapper. No one has ported modules to Ubuntu Edgy and later versions, yet. (as of February 2007)
loko said: your thread has been deleted by the forum-admins.
but google cashed this page for us just type in google search this: linuxant crazy___cow site:http://ubuntuforums.org :)