Re: GPL source code for Smart USB 56 modem (includes ALSA AC97 patch)

[Sasha Khapyorsky]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:26:35 -0500 (CDT)
David Lloyd <dmlloyd@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, SashaK wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 20:50:58 +0200 (MEST)
> > Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> No, I meant the 'slamr' kernel driver module, which is
> >> built from a big binary-only library (amrlibs.o) and
> >> a small amount of kernel glue source code. As long as
> >> amrlibs.o is distributed only as a 32-bit x86 binary,
> >> I won't be able to use it with a 64-bit amd64 kernel.
> >
> > This is exactly that was discussed - 'slamr' is going to be replaced
> > by ALSA drivers. I don't know which modem you have, but recent ALSA
> > driver (CVS version) already supports ICH, SiS, NForce
> > (snd-intel8x0m), ATI IXP (snd-atiixp-modem) and VIA
> > (snd-via82xx-modem) AC97 modems.
> 
> Are these all motherboard-chipset modems, or is there such a thing as
> an AC97-based PCI modem card?

Such modems also exist (AC97 controller + MC97 codec + DAA), but less
popular (especially with laptops there modem are mostly used).

Sasha.

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