Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:45:06 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> Cc: "Michael D. Hobgood" <mhobgood@ipa.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardware Support Message-ID: <20000828084505.A38394@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <008a01c0105b$f5116480$cd430ace@mark8>; from jpaetzel@hutchtel.net on Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 02:21:09PM -0500 References: <00082703072900.06395@Brightstar> <008a01c0105b$f5116480$cd430ace@mark8>
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[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] On Sunday, 27 August 2000 at 14:21:09 -0500, Josh Paetzel wrote: > > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Your mailer mutilates the text. > On Sunday, August 27, 2000 3:04 AM, "Michael D. Hobgood" <mhobgood@ipa.net> wrote: >> Several months ago I purchase FreeBSD v3.4. Unfortunately, it did >> not support PCI modems. Though I use Linux with an Actiontec PCI >> modem, I would still like to use FreeBSD. I have been trying to >> find out if the latest version supports PCI modems, but have been >> unable to get a definitive yes or no. Would you be so kind as to >> let me know? > > FreeBSD doesn't support winmodems. Most PCI modems are winmodems > and therefore are not supported. > > To be a bit more verbose, winmodems are really half a modem. > Windows emulates the rest of the hardware in software. No one will > give the FreeBSD team the specs of the chipset used, so therefore > they are unable to duplicate this. It's not that simple. Since there's support for them in Linux, we can get the code. But there are also a number of different chipsets. The real issue is that nobody on the FreeBSD team wants to touch them, which is a pity really, since they're obviously on the increase. Greg -- When replying to this message, please take care not to mutilate the original text. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/email.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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