You can distinguish these two kinds of modems by the label on the box -
some of them require a Pentium 100 to run, but some don't. thought both
are marked for Windows only.
Vladimir Dergachev
On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Edward S. Marshall wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Adam Goldstein wrote:
> > I take it that WinModems simply won't work under Linux? Is there any way
> > around this?
>
> This should be in the FAQ. This should -really- be in the FAQ. Richard?
> (You're listed as a contact for the LKML FAQ...)
>
> The problem is the lack of specifications for this hardware. Most
> companies producing so-called "WinModems" refuse to provide specifications
> which would allow non-Microsoft operating systems to use them.
>
> The basic issue is that they don't work like a traditional modem; they
> don't have a DSP, and make the CPU do all the work. Hence, you can't talk
> to them like a traditional modem, and you -need- to run the modem driver
> as a realtime task, or you'll have serious data loss issues under any kind
> of load. They're simply a poor design.
>
> > I recently sold a nice P2/300 to someone with a lucent 56k D/F/V pci
> > modem in it... which under windows loads as an lt winmodem... I need to
> > get this guy up& running, and I wasn't aware of a winmodem compatability
> > issue.. Don't wanna have him return it cause of a silly modem ;)
>
> Um, did the "Win" in "WinModem" not point something out to you? ;-)
>
> > Any Thoughts?
>
> More seriously, contact Lucent and see if they'll provide you with
> programming specifications for the card. If they will, without an NDA,
> tell linux-kernel about it; with as much as this question gets asked,
> you'd probably have numerous offers to write a driver.
>
> Alternatively, pay $40 and get him supported hardware (that's what we just
> paid for an OEM V.90 Supra).
>
> <DIV MODE=RANT>
> Anyone who buys hardware for Linux without checking any relavent hardware
> howto's (of which there are plenty; RedHat maintains one, there's a
> standalone "HARDWARE-HOWTO", etc) and doesn't even make a cursory effort
> to see if the hardware will be supported has bought their own problem if
> they can't develop a driver for it.
> </DIV>
>
> --
> Edward S. Marshall <emarshal@logic.net> [ What goes up, must come down. ]
> http://www.logic.net/~emarshal/ [ Ask any system administrator. ]
>
> Linux labyrinth 2.2.0-final #1 Sat Jan 23 01:13:17 CST 1999 i586 unknown
> 12:20pm up 1 day, 1:56, 3 users, load average: 0.02, 0.01, 0.00
>
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