From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 22 19:49:31 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48DCB106564A for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:49:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-2.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-2.MIT.EDU [18.9.25.13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0DD08FC08 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:49:30 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 1209190d-b7be0ae000000a16-78-4e7b8cdc6bd5 Received: from mailhub-auth-3.mit.edu ( [18.9.21.43]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-2.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 25.C7.02582.CDC8B7E4; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:30:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-3.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id p8MJYSj3021352; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:34:28 -0400 Received: from multics.mit.edu (MULTICS.MIT.EDU [18.187.1.73]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id p8MJYR87014043 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:34:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id p8MJYQnZ023085; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:34:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:34:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: Warren Block In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFvrBIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixCmqrXunp9rP4MQfaYupH3eyWvw65eHA 5DHj03wWjyMdjxgDmKK4bFJSczLLUov07RK4Mp7+28FasIet4ui0RawNjJNZuxg5OSQETCRO T2yEssUkLtxbz9bFyMUhJLCPUWLDjznsEM4GRonGxo1QmQNMEoc7fzJCOA2MEm2rVzCB9LMI aEtMun+aBcRmE1CRmPkGpIODQ0RAVWLvGWuQMLOAsMTpS3cZQWxhAS2JD5v+soPYnAJ2El9P 7AEbwytgL3G54TAziC0kYCvxZsNssBpRAR2J1funsEDUCEqcnPmEBWKmpcS/tb9YJzAKzkKS moUktYCRaRWjbEpulW5uYmZOcWqybnFyYl5eapGukV5uZoleakrpJkZwoEry7mB8d1DpEKMA B6MSD+/N2Go/IdbEsuLK3EOMkhxMSqK8Fh1AIb6k/JTKjMTijPii0pzU4kOMEhzMSiK8Jv5A Od6UxMqq1KJ8mJQ0B4uSOG/hDgc/IYH0xJLU7NTUgtQimKwMB4eSBO8HYEQKCRalpqdWpGXm lCCkmTg4QYbzAA1/BVLDW1yQmFucmQ6RP8WoyzHl0dYTjEIsefl5qVLivJy9QEUCIEUZpXlw c2AJ5hWjONBbwrxvQUbxAJMT3KRXQEuYgJYoFVaCLClJREhJNTBGzLi3Y2O4x/o/1vz2r723 WxY0T7E853dNbkYq89P8Tu8j+67tEDHevCt+0Yuarce4XVgSFn+9nflDueh1h7x/fGlaqsHk 5or1P7Z/63x//Pa+li2fjdkdFmx5VprZzjQhla9pUsd0pydsC54HVT5s//WhaFMIR+Ojw/mr bssF6sX6yfQeapBUYinOSDTUYi4qTgQA+4OZlAsDAAA= Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FAQ updating: software modems X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:49:31 -0000 On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, Warren Block wrote: > Just noticed that the FAQ still says > > FreeBSD supports many software modems via add-on software. For > example, the comms/ltmdm port adds support for modems based on the > very popular Lucent LT chipsets. > > comms/ltmdm is gone, removed a year ago as unmaintained. Are there any other > software modem drivers in ports or elsewhere, or should this entry be removed > entirely? Grep-ing for 'modem' in ports/*/*/pkg-descr seems to reveal just comms/ib-kmod as providing support for modem hardware. Given that it's just the one manufacturer, and modem use is falling away with increased broadband penetration, I would not mind if the entry just went away. (But then, I was the one advocating for removing PLIP/SLIP from the handbook ...) -Ben Kaduk