From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262243AbVG0N5z (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:57:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262246AbVG0N5z (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:57:55 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:63760 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262243AbVG0N5y (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:57:54 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:57:47 +0100 From: Russell King To: Brad Davis Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: US Robotics (Hardware) Modem Not Detected Message-ID: <20050727145747.A29785@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Brad Davis , Linux Kernel References: <88e823ff0507270645613b1ca@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <88e823ff0507270645613b1ca@mail.gmail.com>; from enrock@gmail.com on Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 07:45:21AM -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 07:45:21AM -0600, Brad Davis wrote: > I'm trying to get a PCI-USRobotics Modem (Yes, it is a true hardware > modem) working on a G4 with Kernel version 2.6.10/2.6.11. > > When I try to "modprobe 8250_pci". I get the following > error message: > > WARNING: Error inserting 8250 > (/lib/modules/2.6.10enrock.2/kernel/drivers/serial/8250.ko): No such > device This would be the root case. 8250 is _never_ supposed to fail with ENODEV, even if it doesn't detect any devices itself. And doesn't fail like this. > FATAL: Error inserting 8250_pci > (/lib/modules/2.6.10enrock.2/kernel/drivers/serial/8250_pci.ko): > Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) > > It looks to me like the 8250 module isn't recognizing the modem as a > seial port. The appropriate lines from dmesg are: > > serial8250_init: nothing to do on PowerMac serial8250_init does not contain any such message, so you're not running a mainline kernel, but some patched version. Are these patches available somewhere? I guess these patches are your problem, and it seems that there's at least one which is completely unnecessary or inappropriate. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core