[ltp] problem with thinkpad ACP Modem

[Tino Keitel]

On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 04:54:32 -0600, George Jiang wrote:
> 
> >
> >> --- Problem:         But when I ran "mwavem" to execute the application
> >> ( just as I read in the Linux ACP Modem (Mwave) mini-HOWTO), I got
> >> "there is no command mwavem".  I use the "find ..." command to look for
> >> "mwavem", but still couldn't find it.  So I suspect that there might be
> >> no such "mwavem" command when I just load the module which is built into
> >> the kernel (because I think if I build the module from the source files
> >> by myself, I should have the "mwavem" command).      So I just ignore
> >> the "mwavem" command and go on to "setserial /dev/ttyS1 autoconfig", "ln
> >> -s /dev/ttyS1 /dev/modem".
> >
> >You still need to build/install the mwave software.  The kernel module
> >alone is not enough to run the modem.
> >
> >See http://www-124.ibm.com/acpmodem/ to get the software and for build
> >instructions.
> >
> >--
> 
> Hi thanks ! I've got it to work.  but I  have a question: if we still need 
> to install the software and build the module by ourselves even when the 
> module is built into the Linux kernel, why did people build the module into 
> the Linux kernel?

To ensure that the mwave driver is always in sync with the kernel you
use, because a lot of people use an own custom kernel.

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