Bug 58123

Summary:	C-Media 8738 cmpci.o driver does not support modem
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan <sharuzzaman>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan 2002-01-09 10:18:40 UTC

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Description of problem:
C-Media 8738 cmpci.o stock driver does not support built-in PCTel modem.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rmmod cmpci
2. modprobe cmpci
3. tail /var/log/messages
4. kernel log will say that the driver is cmpci vX.X -nomodem
	

Actual Results:  If I install PCTel modem driver, the modem will simply not 
work because the link between the sound chip and the modem is not enabled.

Expected Results:  If the cmpci.o support the PCTel modem, the modem can be 
used without the need to recompiling the driver.

Additional info:

The download page of the driver that support PCTel modem is at
http://www.cmedia.com.tw/download/e-cmi8738_linux.htm

The file that contain the source code for the driver that support PCTel modem is
http://www.cmedia.com.tw/8x38/linux/cmpci-4.03.tar.gz

It is coded by the hardware developer themselves.

I file this as bug because I hate to recompile the driver again and again since 
RedHat 6.2, RedHat 7.0 and now RedHat 7.1. I think that RedHat 7.2 will also 
not support the PCTel modem. (cannot confirm because not tested it). I need to 
use my PCTel Win/LinModem and I don't want to do the same task, again and again.

Comment 1 Alan Cox 2003-06-08 00:13:38 UTC

The modem driver is binary only not open source so not something Red Hat will fix