From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 25 13:14:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38BEE37B401 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:14:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from greendale.ukc.ac.uk (greendale.ukc.ac.uk [129.12.21.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B062043E4A for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:14:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from P.A.Osborne@ukc.ac.uk) Received: from myrtle.ukc.ac.uk ([129.12.3.176] ident=root) by greendale.ukc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #4) id 18GQYe-0001hU-00; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:14:20 +0000 Received: from pao by myrtle.ukc.ac.uk with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18GQYe-0002oL-00; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:14:20 +0000 Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:14:20 +0000 From: "P.A.Osborne" To: Kevin Oberman Cc: Wes Peters , "P.A.Osborne" , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ThinkPad R31 - Lucent windmodem woes.... Message-ID: <20021125211420.GC9381@myrtle.ukc.ac.uk> References: <3DE26A9B.2A718BC0@softweyr.com> <20021125190420.DF3C45D04@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021125190420.DF3C45D04@ptavv.es.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-UKC-Mail-System: No virus detected Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 11:04:20AM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > I believe IBM is now using the ICH3 chipset which includes the Agre > (nee Lucent) AC'97 WinModem. This is a different beast from the older > Lucent WinModems and, unless something has recently changed, it is not > supported under FreeBSD with the ltmdm port. Yes thats the beast, in which case: rats! > FWIW, under Windows, the new modem is vastly superior to my older > internal modem on my 600E. I get better data rates and more reliable > connections, but it does load the CPU quite a bit. Still, as little as > I use a modem, it would be fine if there was an available driver. Thats my thought exactly - at work the laptop is on the net any way - it would just be nice to be able to dial up on it using FreeBSD than currently being forced to use Windows ( as I am at the moment to ssh to work). Ho hum Paul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message