Re: What about controllerless "hardware" modems?

From: Marin Krkac (mkrkac_at_public.srce.hr)
Date: 01/20/04

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    Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:29:39 +0100
To: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>

    Johnson David wrote:

    > On Sunday 18 January 2004 05:27 am, Marin Krkac 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?
    >
    >
    > For technical advice on modems, I would redirect this question to the
    > freebsd-hardware or freebsd-questions lists. That's what they're there
    > for.

    I wasn't exactly looking for technical advice. First I wanted to see if
    there is any chance it would work at all. I still hope there is, so I
    think I'm going to ask there.

    > But on to non-technical answers. You're going to have a devil of a time
    > getting winmodems working under FreeBSD. Porting their drivers over can
    > be very problematic because of the differences in kernel achitectures.
    > I have heard that there had be some limited success with some modems,
    > but I don't know much more.

    I know this modem isn't exactly what I expected (it's not completely in
    hardware), but I wouldn't call it just a winmodem. The box clearly says
    it's a "hardware-based modem, built-in processor", so I think that
    should help a little to increase the chances it might work. I mean it
    isn't a real hardware modem, but it isn't a soft-modem either. Because,
    as I've said already, if it doesn't work, I really don't see a point in
    running FreeBSD. There is no other way I can get on-line.

    Thanks for your help.

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