Re: pnp
Khimenko Victor (khim@sch57.msk.ru)
Thu, 30 Apr 1998 16:33:23 +0400 (MSD)
30-Apr-98 04:31 you wrote:
> Are the specifications for a winmodem a secret? If not, it
> seems to me that a Linux winmodem driver would be a Simple Matter Of
> Programming (tm). I could imagine timing needs that might require one
> to extend Linux interrupt handling or scheduling a tiny bit, but that
> is about the only special need that comes to mind. Maybe the issue
> is that you have to implement some huge modem protocol stack? If more
> of the modem must be implemented in software, I wonder if that would
> enable one to write interesting extensions, such as encodings optimized
> for low latency for interactive video games.
>
Unfortunatelly there is no standards for winmodem :-(( Only API-level standards
required for windows-driver... This means also that winmodems are incompatible
on hardware level :-(( Linux could not use windows-drivers (for now at least)...
P.S. Really RT-Linux MUST be enough for realiable usage of such modems but
there must be open information about hadrware of such modem's, not only about
windows-driver API...
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