From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Dec 26 22:46:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 505A814C14 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 1999 22:46:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from jules ([207.76.205.82]) by alpo.whistle.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA19073 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 1999 22:46:40 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 22:47:17 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Travails with a Zoom PC CARD Modem. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org replying to myself.. In fact does anyone have ANY MODEM working on a dell 7500? On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Julian Elischer wrote: > > Has anyone seen one of these work? > > It exactly matches a string in /etc/pccard.conf.sample > > and is correctly identified. > It responds to the dumbcis command with valid looking data > stating that it is a "Generic 16550 comaptible modem" > > in fact it says: > Tuple #1, code = 0x1 (Common memory descriptor), length = 2 > 000: 00 ff > Common memory device information: > Device number 1, type No device, WPS = OFF > Speed = No speed, Memory block size = reserved, 32 units > Tuple #2, code = 0x15 (Version 1 info), length = 48 > 000: 04 01 5a 6f 6f 6d 20 54 65 6c 65 70 68 6f 6e 69 > 010: 63 73 2c 20 49 6e 63 2e 00 50 43 4d 43 49 41 20 > 020: 35 36 4b 20 4c 54 20 44 61 74 61 46 61 78 00 ff > Version = 4.1, Manuf = [Zoom Telephonics, Inc.],card vers = > [PCMCIA 56K LT DataFax] > Tuple #3, code = 0x20 (Manufacturer ID), length = 4 > 000: 00 02 01 00 > PCMCIA ID = 0x200, OEM ID = 0x1 > Tuple #4, code = 0x21 (Functional ID), length = 2 > 000: 02 00 > Serial port/modem > Tuple #5, code = 0x22 (Functional EXT), length = 4 > 000: 00 02 0f 5c > Serial interface extension: > 16550 UART, Parity - Space,Mark,Odd,Even, > [etc.] > > the problem is that it is identified as sio4, given realisitic looking > resources, and seems happy. yet if I touch > /dev/cuaa4 the system is frozen SO FAST that it doesn't even have time to > echi the CR/LF to the screen. > (e.g. > # stty all > (I hit enter but it froze before it was echoed) > > Is there somethign I need to know about PCMCIA MODEMS, > like "They aren't supported in -current" or anything blindingly > obvious like "you need flag 0xYY or they freeze"? > > Needless to say it seems to work with windows ( at least it chats back and > forth and reports the lack of dial tone) > > Since I'm supposed to be leaving on a world trip in 3 days with only this > modem for connection to home, I'm kinda hoping htere's a simple fix. > > Julian > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message