Bug 194101 - pcmcia modem no longer works
Summary: pcmcia modem no longer works
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 4
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-06-05 19:52 UTC by James Bottomley
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-06-07 21:02:53 UTC
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Description James Bottomley 2006-06-05 19:52:42 UTC
Description of problem:

With kernel version 2.6.16-1.2111_FC4 my current pcmcia modem no longer works
(cu gives connection but no response to atz).  The last known good kernel (that
I can currently test) is 2.6.15-1.1833_FC4 (booted on this now and using the
modem for internet connectivity)  however, I recall this being OK with prior
2.6.16 kernels as well.  The cardctl info is


Socket 0:
  product info: "PCMCIA MAKER", "56K V.90 DataFax Modem"
  manfid: 0x0200, 0x0001
  function: 2 (serial)

It looks like the modem chip may be mis-identified.  This is the relevant dmesg
line with the (working) 2.6.15 kernel:

Jun  5 14:15:47 mulgrave kernel: 0.0: ttyS0 at I/O 0x23f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A

And this is the same line with the non-working 2.6.16 kernel:

Jun  5 14:08:24 mulgrave kernel: 0.0: ttyS0 at I/O 0x23f8 (irq = 3) is a 16450

Note the incorrect 16450 identification

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

kernel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC4

How reproducible:

all the time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot to relevant kernel
2. plug in modem card
3. try to use it
 
Results are the same whether the card is plugged in after boot or left in at boot.

Actual results:

modem doesn't work

Expected results:

modem works

Additional info:

Comment 1 James Bottomley 2006-06-07 21:02:53 UTC
This looks like an intermittent hardware error with the modem.  I just got it to
trip on the 2.6.15 kernel (and managed to get the modem working on the 2.6.16
kernel), so closing this as not a bug


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