my modem is Intel Corp. 536EP Data Fax Modem,and i downloaded the latest driver from intel official site.But the ReadME says "This release is not compatible with kernels prior to 2.4."
indeed,the driver can't be compiled under my kernel 2.6.5.
HOW to solve this?i am racking my brain!
thx a lot!!!

help!

which linux distro are u using. ive got exactly the same problem on my suse 9.1 box.
ive read somewhere that the latest drivers r on the suse disc but i cant find them.

same thing for mdk 10.0

http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2998
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/189129
http://suse.freedevices.org/suse9.1-...e/kernel-51374 - Don't know what that all means
Do a google for "intel 536ep 2.6 linux kernel drivers" and you get 750 hits

It seems that drivers are expected some time this month:

<http://www.linmodems.org/cgi-bin/ezm...mpcodiikcbhbig>

For Mandrake 10.0, the solution is temporarily to use the 2.4.25 kernel.

seems like your link doesn't like smilies!

it should be:
http://www.linmodems.org/cgi-bin/ezm...mpcodiikcbhbig

Hey 'smilingmessiah' and others!

I have found an Intel 536ep driver here:

http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pack...-2.56.76.0.tgz

It should work for Kernel 2.6, although I did not check it yet myself. I have a Red Hat 9.0 with Kernel 2.4.2. So if you can check it out before I upgrade my kernel (will probably install Mandrake 10.0), let me know whether it is working or not.

^ Just about to re-login and try it. If this works, I am going to follow you around the board singing your praises for weeks

so did it work?

Oops!

I never found out actually... my broadband account went up the next day, so I never tried it.

Fancy giving it a go yourself and letting us know how it handles?

ok, will give it a shot with MDK 10

yes, think it worked... got BB now tho.

I have a mdk 10.1 and I think I've tried every driver that I found.
The one at Intel, that is told to cover both 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels worked fine on mdk10.0 cause I only use it for transmitting faxes, no dial up..
Nothing is working...this is what it says:

[root@c3 intel-536EP-2.56.76.0]# make 536
Module precompile check
Current running kernel is: 2.6.8.1-12mdk
/lib/modules... autoconf.h exists
diff: /boot/vmlinuz.autoconf.h: No such file or directory
autoconf.h matches running kernel
diff: /boot/vmlinuz.version.h: No such file or directory
version.h matches running kernel
uname -r|grep "2.6" && \
cd coredrv && make 536core_26 && \
cp Intel536.ko .. && cd .. && \
strip --strip-debug Intel536.ko && \
exit; \
ls Intel536.ko >/dev/null 2>&1 || uname -r | grep "2.6" && echo "Failed to build driver" && exit; \
if [ ]; then \
cd coredrv; make TARGET=TARGET_SELAH KERNEL_SOURCE_PATH= "PSTN_DEF=-DTARGET_SELAH -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX" 536core; \
else \
cd coredrv; make TARGET=TARGET_SELAH KERNEL_INCLUDES=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include \
"PSTN_DEF=-DTARGET_SELAH -DTARGET_LINUX -DLINUX" 536core; \
fi ; \
cp Intel536.o .. ; \
if [ -a /boot/vmlinuz.version.h ]; then \
cp /boot/vmlinuz.version.h /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include/linux/version.h;\
fi
2.6.8.1-12mdk
make[1]: Entering directory `/hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/build SUBDIRS=/hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-12mdk'
CC [M] /hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/coredrv.o
/hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/coredrv.c: In function `power_callback':
/hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/coredrv.c:295: error: `PM_SAVE_STATE' undeclared (first use in this function)
/hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/coredrv.c:295: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/coredrv.c:295: error: for each function it appears in.)
/hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/coredrv.c: At top level:
/hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/coredrv.c:756: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/coredrv.c:757: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/coredrv.c: In function `dspdrv_CommRamISR':
/hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/coredrv.c:879: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
/hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/coredrv.c: At top level:
/hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/coredrv.c:286: warning: 'power_callback' defined but not used
make[3]: *** [/hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/coredrv.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-12mdk'
make[1]: *** [536core_26] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/hdd/work/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv'
2.6.8.1-12mdk
Failed to build driver

any ideas?..some config file or something that I missed?