Re: Ricochet Merlin - is serial patch in kernel?

On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 02:22:01PM -0700, Sean J. Schluntz wrote:
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>
> In message <20010705124407.C29416@bitshift.org>, "Mark C . Langston" writes:
> >The other major device I want to use with my iPaq/Familiar combo is
> >the Novatel Merlin PCMCIA modem for Ricochet (while it's still in
> >existence).
> >
> >Some quick research turns up a needed patch to
> >linux/drivers/char/serial.c:
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> Hmm, I was under the impression that that patch was already in the 2.4.1+
> kernels, I could be wrong. Isn't Familiar on 2.4.4 or something like that? I
> know the patch was already applied to the 2.4.5 kernel I d/l for my laptop.
>
> (I would also like to use that card in the iPaq ;)

Now that I'm back from from several weeks of business travel, I've tried
the Novatel Merlin PCMCIA Ricochet modem with Familiar 0.4. I can
report the following:

0) The card is correctly recognized;
1) After configuring ppp dial and chat scripts appropriately, it is
    possible to connect to the Ricochet service and obtain an IP address,
    gateway, etc. (I'm using WWC for my service).
2) The kernel seems to suffer from the problem that necessitates the
    patch -- after 512 bytes of output (logging into one of my accounts
    via ssh and executing an ls is usually enough to trigger this) the
    session hangs, and must be closed.

For those of you wishing to try it yourself, I found wonderful
instructions at http://homepages.nyu.edu/~gmp216/nrm6842/

-- 
Mark C. Langston
mark@bitshift.org
Systems & Network Admin
http://www.bitshift.org