5.2.1. Requirements

Having either a 2.2.14, 2.2.16 or 2.2.17 kernel. It has been reported that the driver for 2.2.17 kernels also works with 2.2.18 kernels.

5.2.2. Getting IDs

To get the modem to work you'll need to get the Vendor ID and Device ID. The easiest way to do this is to use the command "less /proc/pci" and scroll until you find the PCI card which has a vendor ID of either 14F1 (Conexant) or 127A (Rockwell) and note the Device ID.

You'll need to make an %HSFModem% line.

Copy down the following line somewhere,

%HSFModem% = ModemX, PCI\VEN_XXXX&DEV_YYYY&SUBSYS_YYYYXXXX

Replacing the XXXX's with your Vendor ID and the YYYY's with your Device ID, so if your Vendor ID is 127A and Device ID is 2015 your line would be,

%HSFModem% = ModemX, PCI\VEN_127A&DEV_2015&SUBSYS_2015127A

You'll need to use this line later on to allow the driver to detect your modem, the next steps you need to take vary slightly depending on what kernel you have so you'll need to refer to the appropriate section depending on whether your kernel version is 2.2.14, 2.2.16 or 2.2.17

5.2.3. If you have a 2.2.14 kernel

Installing a HSF driver on a 2.2.14 kernel

1. Download the file HSF_V1.01.02_K2.2.14-5.0.tar, it can be obtained from Olitec's site or the mirror.

2. Copy it to your home directory

3. In a console window change to your home directory

   [user@localhost]$ cd ~

4. Decompress the file

   [user@localhost]$ tar xzvf HSF_V1.01.02_K2.2.14-5.0.tar

5. Enter into the drivers directory

   [user@localhost]$ cd pci_56k_v2

6. Load up the lin_hsf.inf file in your favorite text editor, under the section [generic] you'll see a few of lines like "%HSFModem% = ModemX, PCI\VEN_127A&DEV_1025&SUBSYS_1025127A" under theses lines add your own %HSFModem% line which you made earlier.

7. Switch to root

   [user@localhost]$ su

8. Run the ins_all script to install the driver

   [user@localhost]$ ./ins_all

You will now be able to access the internet by telling your dial-up software that your modem is located at /dev/modem.

The ins_all will only temporarily load the modem driver and the modem driver will be removed when you reboot. So if you re boot you will need to run the ./ins_all program to reload the driver, if you reboot on a regular basis you may want to set the . /ins_all command to automatically run every time your computer loads up.

5.2.4. If you have a 2.2.16 kernel

Installing a HSF driver on a 2.2.16 kernel

1. Download the file PCI_56K_V2_K2.2.16.tar.gz, it can be obtained from Olitec's site or the Mirror.

2. Copy it to your home directory

3. In a console window change to your home directory

   [user@localhost]$ cd ~

4. Decompress the file

   [user@localhost]$ tar xzvf PCI_56K_V2_K2.2.16.tar.gz

5. Enter into the drivers directory

   [user@localhost]$ cd pci_56k_v2_k2.2.16

6. Load up the lin_hsf.inf file in your favorite text editor, under the section [generic] you'll see a few of lines like "%HSFModem% = ModemX, PCI\VEN_127A&DEV_1025&SUBSYS_1025127A" under theses lines add your own %HSFModem% line which you made earlier.

7. Switch to root

   [user@localhost]$ su

8. Run the ins_all script to install the driver

   [user@localhost]$ ./ins_all

You will now be able to access the internet by telling your dial-up software that your modem is located at /dev/modem.

The ins_all will only temporarily load the modem driver and the modem driver will be removed when you reboot. So if you reboot you will need to run the ./ins_all program to reload the driver, if you reboot on a regular basis you may want to set the ./ins_all command to automatically run every time your computer loads up.

5.2.5. If you have a 2.2.17 or 2.2.18 kernel

Installing a HSF driver on a 2.2.17 or 2.2.18 kernel

1. Download the file PCI_56K_V2_K2.2.17.tar.gz , it can be obtained from Olitec's site or the Mirror.

2. Copy it to your home directory

3. In a console window change to your home directory

   [user@localhost]$ cd ~

4. Decompress the file

   [user@localhost]$ tar xzvf PCI_56K_V2_K2.2.17.tar.gz

5. Enter into the drivers directory

   [user@localhost]$ cd pci_56k_v2_k2.2.17

6. Load up the lin_hsf.inf file in your favorite text editor, under the section [generic] you'll see a few of lines like "%HSFModem% = ModemX, PCI\VEN_127A&DEV_1025&SUBSYS_1025127A" under theses lines add your own %HSFModem% line which you made earlier.

7. Switch to root

   [user@localhost]$ su

8. Run the ins_all script to install the driver

   [user@localhost]$ ./ins_all

You will now be able to access the internet by telling your dial-up software that your modem is located at /dev/modem.

The ins_all will only temporarily load the modem driver and the modem driver will be removed when you reboot. So if you reboot you will need to run the ./ins_all program to reload the driver, if you reboot on a regular basis you may want to set the ./ins_all command to automatically run every time your computer loads up.

5.3.1. Requirements

• You need a 2.4.* kernel which does not have SMP support.

• You will also need to have your kernel source available, if you don't have them installed already you can probably find them on your distributions CD.

• At least version 2.4.0 of ppp (you can find what version of ppp you have installed by using the command pppd --version)

To get the modem working under a 2.4.* kernel you'll need to use the driver intended for 2.2.17 kernels alongside Marc Boucher's hsfcompat wrapper program which lets the driver work with 2.4.* kernels. At the time of writing the hsfcompat driver is on version 1.0d and is still experimental and may cause problem with your system. However I haven't seen anyone have any problem from using the wrapper. For the latest details see hsfcompat's homepage.

5.3.2. Installing

1. Copy the hsfcompat_24-1.0d.tar.gz file to your home directory

2. In a console window change to your home directory

   [user@localhost]$ cd ~

3. Extract the hcfcompat program by using:

   [user@localhost]$ tar xzvf hsfcompat_24-1.0d.tar.gz

4. Copy the PCI_56K_V2_K2.2.17.tar.gz file into the hsfcompat_24-1.0d directory.

5. Extract the driver by using:

   [user@localhost]$ tar xzvf PCI_56K_V2_K2.2.17.tar.gz

6. Load up the file Makefile (Found in the hsfcompat_24-1.0d directory) in a text editor and scroll down to the line which reads SBINDIR=/usr/sbin and replace /usr/sbin with the location of your system bin directory, then scroll down to the line which reads KERNELSRC=/usr/src/linux and replace /usr/src/linux with the location of your kernel source files.

7. Switch to superuser (root) by using:

   [user@localhost]$ su

8. In the hsfcompat_24-1.0d directory compile hsfcompat by using:

   [user@localhost]$ make

9. Install the driver by running: [user@localhost]$ make install

10. Follow the on-screen instruction which explain how to load the driver into memory and how to have this done automatically.