Source: speedtouch Section: contrib/net Priority: optional Maintainer: Robert McQueen Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 3) Standards-Version: 3.5.6 Package: speedtouch Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ppp, hotplug, pppoe Description: userspace driver for Alcatel Speedtouch USB ADSL Adapter * THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL PACKAGE BUILT FROM UPSTREAM CVS * . This package contains userspace utilities and daemons necessary to get the Alcatel Speedtouch USB ADSL Adapter working in Linux without any (mandatory) kernel patches. . These drivers are GPLed and reverse engineered from scratch, and provide an alternative to the official drivers which require kernel patches and a binary-only management utility. However, they do require a file containing the firmware for the adapter, such as mgmt.o from the Linux management utility, or alcaudsl.sys from the Windows drivers. . The drivers communicate with the adapter via usbdevfs in /proc/bus/usb. The 'modem_run' utility locates the adapter, initialises it, uploads the firmware, and monitors the ADSL line, and the 'pppoa3' daemon passes ATM frames between the ADSL adapter and the pppd process.