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).
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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.
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