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From: Jos Vos <jos@xos.nl>
To: david@zakar.com
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Subject: Re: lt_modem and RedHat 8.0 problem 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 03 Oct 2002 10:11:58 PDT."
             <jUsT.aNoTheR.mEsSaGe.iD.10336546021118@www.zakar.com> 
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 17:56:50 +0200
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> I did a normal build_module install, no problems spotted. The drivers 
> compile just fine, but upon modprobing lt_modem, modprobe responds 
> that it was compiled with gcc 2.X, and since the kernel was done 
> with gcc 3.X, this ain't going to work, and it promptly exits. Seeing 
> as lt_modem is the proprietary/binary-only part of the driver (presumably),
> am I right in seeing this as Lucent/Agere's issue to fix?

Yes, but:
If you insmod both lt_modem.o and lt_serial.o with -f, it actually seems
to work fine...  As I reported earlier, I have tried a few outgoing PPP
sessions to my provider and there were no problems so far.  This is all
done on RH 8.0 (final version).

It's ugly, of course, but usable.

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