Comtrol RocketModem - Manual

RocketPort® and RocketModem® Driver Installation for Linux 1
RocketPort
®
and RocketModem
®
Driver Installation for Linux
You can use this document to install and configure the RocketPort/RocketModem
Linux device driver.
Note: The RocketModem looks to Linux like a RocketPort card with modems
attached; you can refer to the RocketModem AT command set on the Comtrol
CD or ftp/web sites.
Requirements
Review the requirements for running this driver.
Operating System The Linux operating system is distributed from several sources. While all
distributions share general file structure and functionality, there are differences
that can impede the installation of device drivers. The instructions in this
document outline a generic installation procedure. You may need to adjust for
differences in a particular distribution using the Linux system documentation as a
reference.
This document assumes that you have already installed the Linux operating
system (
Kernel Version 2.2 or 2.4 only ) and that you have a basic understanding of
Linux OS operation.
Building the Driver In order to build the driver, the kernel sources are required. These are located by
the driver using a symlink, which points to the base of the kernel source tree. By
convention, this symlink is /lib/modules/<kernel version>/build, which is created by
all major Linux distribution, RPM installs or by running make dep on the source.
This symlink must point to the same kernel source version as is running on the
machine.
If a build symlink is not found, the driver will search for a symlink named
/usr/src/linux pointing to the source tree. Users who have no build symlink can
create this in order to build the driver.
For example, if the kernel version (uname -r) is 2.4.20, and the source is installed
in /usr/src/linux-2.4.20, the alternative symlink can be created by:
cd /usr/src
ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.20 linux