<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >PCTel HSP MicroModem Configuration mini-HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="intro.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >PCTel HSP MicroModem Configuration mini-HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Sayamindu Dasgupta</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" > <TT CLASS="EMAIL" ><<A HREF="mailto:unmadindu_NO_SPAM_@Softhome.net" >unmadindu_NO_SPAM_@Softhome.net</A >></TT > </P ></DIV ></DIV ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN10" >Jan Stifter</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" > <TT CLASS="EMAIL" ><<A HREF="mailto:j.stifter_NO_SPAM_@medres.ch" >j.stifter_NO_SPAM_@medres.ch</A >></TT > </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REVHISTORY" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 2.5.10</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-12-04</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added new FAQ entry, and other minor clean ups.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 2.5.9</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >November 11th 2002</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added new driver info, made corrections and clarifications in the GCC 3 FAQ .</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 2.5.8</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >November 10th 2002</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added information on GCC 3, fixed typos, and other minor corrections.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 2.5.6</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >September 21st 2002</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Changes in the FAQ section based on reader suggestions, and general error cleanups.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 2.5.5</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >August 17th 2002</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Made changes in driver section, and other additions</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 2.5.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >July 20th 2002</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Made changes in driver section, and misc. additions</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 2.50</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >June 6th 2002</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Made changes in the drivers and FAQ section, added the database info, other corrections</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 2.00</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >March 30th 2002</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Made changes in the drivers section, other corrections</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.10</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >December 4th 2001</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Cleaning up of sgml by Greg Ferguson, Relicensed under the GFDL, minor corrections</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.00</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >November 26th 2001</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >First Release</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN57" ></A ><P ></P ><P >The purpose of this document is to guide you to make your PCTel HSP MicroModem work in GNU/Linux.</P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="intro.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="intro.html#COPYRIGHT" >Copyright Information</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="intro.html#DISCLAIMER" >Disclaimer</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="intro.html#NEWVERSIONS" >New Versions</A ></DT ><DT >1.4. <A HREF="intro.html#CREDITS" >Credits</A ></DT ><DT >1.5. <A HREF="intro.html#FEEDBACK" >Feedback</A ></DT ><DT >1.6. <A HREF="intro.html#TRANSLATIONS" >Translations</A ></DT ><DT >1.7. <A HREF="intro.html#CONVENTIONS" >Conventions used in this document</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="purpose.html" >Purpose of the mini-HOWTO</A ></DT ><DT >3. <A HREF="downloaddrivers.html" >Where to get the drivers</A ></DT ><DT >4. <A HREF="rightdrivers.html" >Choosing a suitable driver</A ></DT ><DT >5. <A HREF="installation.html" >Compiling and installing the drivers</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="installation.html#AEN237" >Installing the 2.2x drivers.</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="installation.html#AEN290" >Installing the pctel-0.9.6 driver</A ></DT ><DT >5.3. <A HREF="installation.html#AEN342" >Installing the pctel-0.8.6 driver</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="testing.html" >Testing the drivers</A ></DT ><DT >7. <A HREF="ot.html" >A few other points that must be noted.</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >7.1. <A HREF="ot.html#AEN412" >The unofficial PCTel winmodem-Linux compatibility database.</A ></DT ><DT >7.2. <A HREF="ot.html#AEN417" >Loading the modules at automatically</A ></DT ><DT >7.3. <A HREF="ot.html#AEN430" >Country codes</A ></DT ><DT >7.4. <A HREF="ot.html#AEN545" >Other options while loading the modules.</A ></DT ><DT >7.5. <A HREF="ot.html#AEN564" >The sequence of loading/unloading the modules.</A ></DT ><DT >7.6. <A HREF="ot.html#AEN579" >Bugs in the pctel-0.9.6 and the 0.8.6 versions.</A ></DT ><DT >7.7. <A HREF="ot.html#AEN600" >Directory of the kernel source files</A ></DT ><DT >7.8. <A HREF="ot.html#BIOS" >PnP BIOS issues</A ></DT ><DT >7.9. <A HREF="ot.html#AMR" >AMR modems</A ></DT ><DT >7.10. <A HREF="ot.html#SOUND" >Possible conflict with sound modules</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >8. <A HREF="trouble.html" >FAQ/Troubleshooting</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >8.1. <A HREF="trouble.html#AEN640" >Compiling Problems</A ></DT ><DT >8.2. <A HREF="trouble.html#AEN707" >Problems while loading the modules.</A ></DT ><DT >8.3. <A HREF="trouble.html#AEN781" >General modem based problems.</A ></DT ><DT >8.4. <A HREF="trouble.html#AEN854" >I have a problem that is not listed in this section. What do I do?</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >9. <A HREF="appendix.html" >Appendix</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >9.1. <A HREF="appendix.html#AEN867" >A sample script file to load the modules.</A ></DT ><DT >9.2. <A HREF="appendix.html#AEN879" >Web Resources</A ></DT ><DT >9.3. <A HREF="appendix.html#OTHER-DRIVERS" >Other drivers that are available</A ></DT ><DT >9.4. <A HREF="appendix.html#IDENTIFY" >Identifying the chip set of the modem</A ></DT ><DT >9.5. <A HREF="appendix.html#HELPAUTHOR" >Helping the author</A ></DT ><DT >9.6. <A HREF="appendix.html#AEN942" >GNU Free Documentation License</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="intro.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >