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Date:      Wed, 19 May 1999 22:21:53 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        Joseph Thomas <jpt@networkcs.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Modem/sio1 on Toshiba Satellite 2545 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905192219360.83504-100000@freja.webgiro.com>
In-Reply-To: <199905191930.MAA00448@dingo.cdrom.com>

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On Wed, 19 May 1999, Mike Smith wrote:

> > 	Does anyone know what this modem really is? (ie. is it one of the
> > *ACK* "dreaded winmodems")
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > 	Why doesn't FBSD at least see this as sio1?
> 
> Because it's a WinModem.

If I understand it correctly, it means there is only the DSP part
implemented on the chip, and the whole AT commandinterpreter is done in
software, right?

If so, then (given the docs on ESS chips used to build that modem) what is
the complexity of writing the missing part? Is this somehow related to
once existent option SOFTMODEM?

Andrzej Bialecki

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