From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 13 11: 4:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 1upmc-msximc1.isdip.upmc.edu (1upmc-msximc1.isdip.upmc.edu [128.147.18.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 138E837B401 for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:04:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from personrp@ccbh.com) Received: by 1upmc-msximc1.isdip.upmc.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <34TLMLB3>; Fri, 13 Jul 2001 14:02:40 -0400 Message-ID: <46AEB8C1B628D511969200508B6FE42A668499@1upmc-msx6.isdip.upmc.edu> From: "Person, Roderick" To: 'Vaclav Kares' , "Jonathan M. Slivko" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: modem on ThinkPad 600 Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 14:05:08 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C10BC6.59CEF4D0" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C10BC6.59CEF4D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I believe that this IBM module is a kernel module. As there are other kernel modules that allow access to other winmodem. Since FBSD is not linux the module won't work. IBM would have to make a module for FBSD or you have to get the source for the linux moduel and port it too FBSD. Roderick P. Person Programmer II personrp@ccbh.com "Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind." - General William Westmoreland > -----Original Message----- > From: Vaclav Kares [mailto:vaclav.kares@worldonline.cz] > Sent: July 13, 2001 1:59 PM > To: Jonathan M. Slivko > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: modem on ThinkPad 600 > > > > > > >Do you know how to run winmodem ? > > > > AFAIK, Winmodems cannot run under FreeBSD or Linux because > they require > > Windows in order to tell the modem what to do. > > This is not right because the winmodem works under Linux. IBM > have wroten > the module which makes that the windomem looks like a external one on > /dev/ttyS1 with standart Hayes command. > > > You may be better off buying a hardware modem from a store. > If you wish, > > you can check out http://www.linmodems.org for more information, as > > there is a bunch there > > The hardware modem is better you I right. But in the notebook is very > small place :) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C10BC6.59CEF4D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: modem on ThinkPad 600

I believe that this IBM module is a kernel module. As = there are other kernel modules that allow access to other = winmodem.

Since FBSD is not linux the module won't work. IBM = would have to make a module for FBSD or you have to get the source for = the linux moduel and port it too FBSD.

Roderick P. Person
Programmer II
personrp@ccbh.com

"Without censorship, things can get terribly = confused in the public mind."

    - General William = Westmoreland


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vaclav Kares [mailto:vaclav.kares@worldonl= ine.cz]
> Sent: July 13, 2001 1:59 PM
> To: Jonathan M. Slivko
> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: RE: modem on ThinkPad 600
>
>
>
>
> > >Do you know how to run winmodem = ?
> >
> > AFAIK, Winmodems cannot run under FreeBSD = or Linux because
> they require
> > Windows in order to tell the modem what to = do.
>
> This is not right because the winmodem works = under Linux. IBM
> have wroten
> the module which makes that the windomem looks = like a external one on
> /dev/ttyS1 with standart Hayes command.
>
> > You may be better off buying a hardware = modem from a store.
> If you wish,
> > you can check out http://www.linmodems.org for more information, = as
> > there is a bunch there
>
> The hardware modem is better you I right. But = in the notebook is very
> small place :)
>
>
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to = majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" = in the body of the message
>

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