[ltp] problem with thinkpad ACP Modem

[George Jiang]

>
> > --- 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?

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