Introduction

Appendix D – Linux Installations

Appendix D - Linux Installations

The MULTIMODEM PRODUCT supports Linux 2.4 kernel versions (2.4.28 and above), 2.6 kernel versions 2.6.8 through 2.6.10, and, with a special patch, Linux kernel versions 2.6.11 through 2.6.20.4. There are three separate installation procedures for these ranges of kernel versions. When installation is complete, you must use AT commands to configure the modem for the country in which it is operating.

Installation in Computers Using the Linux 2.4 Kernel

1. Introduction

This procedure applies to Linux 2.4 kernel versions 2.4.28 and above.

These tgz and source RPM packages (ti_usb-1.2.tgz and ti_usb-1.2-1.src.rpm) contain a device driver for the MULTIMODEM PRODUCT’s TI USB 3410 processor in the Linux 2.4 kernels.

This package is designed for these hardware platforms: a standard PC with i486, Pentium, or compatible CPUs (32 bit x86).

This package has been tested on these Linux distributions:

-Red Hat 8.0

-Red Hat 9.0

-SUSE Linux Standard Server 8.0

Most likely this package will work on many other Linux distributions based on the 2.4 kernels, but this has not yet been tested. Note that different distributions can make custom changes to the Linux kernel, and there is a small chance that these changes might be incompatible with this package.

This package will not work in the Linux 2.6 kernels. Separate packages of the TI USB 3410/5052 driver are available for the Linux 2.6 kernels.

These packages are available from http://www.brimson.com/downloads

The tgz package will be named ti_usb-X.Y.tgz, and the source RPM package will be named ti_usb-X.Y-Z.src.rpm, where X.Y-Z is the version number. See www.brimson.com/downloads/README for a description of the packages available.

If you have questions or problems with this package please contact Texas Instruments technical support or Brimson technical support.

Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. MT9234ZBA-USB User Guide (S000419D)