[Pkg-mwavem-devel] Bug#514049: mwavem package does not install under Lenny

[zlinuxman at wowway.com]

Thanks for the instructions on how to use svn-buildpackage.
I have installed the updated package, and it resolves the modutils
issue and the "progess" issue.  It also includes the alias which
allows the kernel mwave module to be automatically loaded by the
hot plug system.  In the process of my testing, I believe I have
discovered the "environmental difference" that I referred to earlier.

I am using a stock Debian Lenny kernel, version 2.6.26-1-686.
If I boot this kernel with the kernel boot parameter "acpi=off",
then the mwavem user-space daemon runs fine.  But if I use the
kernel boot parameter "acpi=noirq", or if I do not use any
ACPI-related boot parameter, then the user-space daemon fails to
load.  The message on the console is

Starting Mwave modem support: (aborted early) failed!

By using

less /var/log/syslog

I can see slightly more detailed messages.  They are as follows:

mwavemd: Started the Mwave manager ...
mwavemd: Initializing mwave manager...
mwavemd: MwaveAPIInit StartMwaveSubsystem failed
mwavemd:
mwavemd: ERROR initializing mwave manager...
mwavemd:
mwavemd: Cleaning up, unlinking /dev/Mwave-modem and exiting.

It sure would be nice if the mwavem user-space daemon would peacefully
coexist with ACPI.  I'd hate to have to choose between the two.  ACPI
gives me a lot of other features that it would be nice to have.