From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 9 14:29:21 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2833637B400 for ; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 14:29:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lerlaptop.iadfw.net (lerlaptop.iadfw.net [206.66.13.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A94B243E6A for ; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 14:29:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lerlaptop.iadfw.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g79LSqqH003996; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 16:28:52 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Subject: Re: Modem Driver Question! From: Larry Rosenman To: Kevin Oberman Cc: Paul Jansen , questions@FreeBSD.ORG, frank hagen , JoeB In-Reply-To: <20020809212657.0064B5D04@ptavv.es.net> References: <20020809212657.0064B5D04@ptavv.es.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 09 Aug 2002 16:28:52 -0500 Message-Id: <1028928533.402.54.camel@lerlaptop.iadfw.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) 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 On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 16:26, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 07:22:21 +1000 (EST) > > From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Paul=20Jansen?= > > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > This simply isn't true anymore!!! > > There have been numerous posts on the lists to suport > > this. Please check before you tell people no... > > I use a Lucent PCI 'winmodem' quite happily in my > > desktop system at home. Look for the 'ltmdm' driver. > > It doesn't support everythign but it's worth a look. > > Specifically, it does not support the Agre/Lucent AC97 DSP based > modems that are part of many newer laptops and even many desktops. I > suspect that they are built into the new Intel chip-sets as they > declare themselves to be ICH systems. > > These are growing increasingly common and are not supported by ltmdm. HOWEVER, there is a Linux driver for them, but no one with enough FreeBSD kernel knowledge has answered numerous pleas to help get it ported. :-(. -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message