Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 10:29:25 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: IBM ThinkPad modem support now in ports Message-ID: <200106081729.f58HTPc12119@ptavv.es.net>
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There is now a port to provide support for IBM ThinkPad laptops using the mWave ACP DSP as the internal modem. The models using this modem are at least the 600, 600E, and some 700 series laptops. The port requires that linuxthreads be installed and installing this port in turn requires that the system sources be present. If you don't have full sources on you laptop, you might want to install the package. The port includes a kernel module that is installed in /usr/local/share/mwave. If you want to have the module loaded at boot time, move it to /modules and add the line mwavedd_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf. Thanks to Simon Walton for converting the Linux software to run under FreeBSD. There is one reported problem. It sometimes configures the port as an 8250 instead of a 16550A UART. This is being researched, but the only known fix is to reboot. Also, you may need to use the ps2 DOS program to configure BIOS correctly for the modem. I hope to have a man page added to the port shortly that covers the details of this. ps2 is available from the IBM web pages. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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