Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:24:53 +0100 From: Marin Krkac <mkrkac@public.srce.hr> To: clayton rollins <crollins666@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What about controllerless "hardware" modems? Message-ID: <400C6745.60306@public.srce.hr> In-Reply-To: <Sea1-F116UQXwEeN7h000004576@hotmail.com> References: <Sea1-F116UQXwEeN7h000004576@hotmail.com>
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clayton rollins wrote: > Hi Marin, > > On Jan., 18 2004 Marin Krkac <mkrkac@public.srce.hr> wrote: > >> >> I have an internal "hardware" modem. When I bought it they said it was a >> hardware modem and it said so on the box too. It has an Intel/Ambient >> chipset, or more precisely, as the windows driver says, Intel 536ep. But >> I found out just a few days ago that it's not actually a real hardware >> modem. It has a DSP but it's controllerless - that part is in software. >> It's also called a HAM modem (a Host Accelerated Modem). There is a >> linux driver but I think it's only partially open-source. Is there any >> chance this modem might work under FreeBSD? > > You might try running one of the binary linux drivers through linux > compatibility. If you need technical assistance in doing this, the > -questions list should be able to help you. There is a chapter in the > handbook on this: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu.html I didn't know linux compatibility also applies to drivers. Thanks for your help.
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