[Pport1-general] Pleasantly surprised by linux support of PassPort

[Dan C. <con...@w3...>]

I'm just writing to say thanks for providing OpenSource
support for your powerline networking gizmo, Intelogis!
(or is it Inari now?)

I picked up this Passport Plug-In Network on
clearance at OfficeMax, pretty much expecting
to return it because it would be flakey or
not work with my linux box, which I use
to connect my home machines to the outside
world, via DSL.

But lo and behold, an "Open Source" link from
	http://www.inari.com/prod_data.html

to
	http://sourceforge.net/projects/pport1/

So I grabbed the 0.91 release:

2000-May-04 09:56
http://download.sourceforge.net/pport1/pport1-0.91.tar.gz

and after two glitches* (neither of which was a problem
with your hardware nor software) I am now up and running with
connectivity between my linux box and a windows
box.

I haven't been this pleasantly surprised by a
consumer PC hardware product in a long time.


*glitch 1:

|In file included from main.c:34:
|/usr/include/linux/module.h:19: linux/modversions.h: No such file or
directory

workaround, at least on this debian box:
  make INC1=/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.17/include/
in the pportlpt and pportsrv directories.

glitch 2:

|/lib/modules/misc/pportlpt.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
|Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters

fix: don't try to load the module before you
	hook up the hardware. (duh!)


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