Procedure for installing a driver for a Lucent/Agere Mars chipset based
softmodem.   Volker Kuhlmann, Jan/Feb 2007


Tested with file martian-full-20061203.tar.gz on SUSE 10.2, kernel 2.6.18.

Create a new directory somewhere and change into it. Compiling the source does
not need to run as root, but copying the files into place does. After each
kernel update, repeat the steps for compiling and copying the kernel module and
user program into place. Do this *AFTER* booting the newly installed kernel!

Commands to install the driver:

# new directory
mkdir your-fav-place
cd your-fav-place

# unpack
tar xzf martian-full-20061203.tar.gz

# compile
cd martian
make all

# copy kernel module and user mode program into place (as root)
cp kmodule/martian_dev.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/misc
depmod -a
cp modem/martian_modem /usr/local/sbin
chown 0.0 /usr/local/sbin/martian_modem
chmod 755 /usr/local/sbin/martian_modem

# service shortcut link (as root, once)
ln -sf /etc/init.d/martian /usr/local/sbin/rcmartian

# enable the service so it is started during boot (as root, once)
chkconfig -a martian

# These files are also needed (from Volker Kuhlmann) (as root, once):
cp -p martian /etc/init.d/martian
chown 0.0 /etc/init.d/martian
chmod 755 /etc/init.d/martian
cp -p martian_sysconfig /etc/sysconfig/martian
chown 0.0 /etc/sysconfig/martian
chmod 644 /etc/sysconfig/martian

# At any time, start or stop the driver service (as root):
rcmartian start
rcmartian stop


References:

http://martian.barrelsoutofbond.org/index.html
http://www.barrelsoutofbond.org/downloads/martian/

kernels 2.6:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/kernel-2.6/

for kernels >=2.6.12:
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/kernel-2.6/martian/
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/kernel-2.6/martian/martian-full-20061203.tar.gz

Volker's:
http://volker.top.geek.nz/soft/rpm/suse10.2/contrib/other/