Re: PCI PNP was 56k Modems
On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Phil wrote:
> The PCI modems are fairly new, be on the look out for sound cards
> too(ISA will eventually disappear from new motherboards thus the PCI
> versions). I decided to go with this to free up a ISA slot... I only
> have two, and one is ISA/PCI slot(shares the same case slot)! There is
> little doubt in my mind that Linux would support PCI modems, the only
> real deference is the hardware-level protocol they use(unless it like
> win hardware). All that is needed is the PCI support, but then I run
> into the problem with Plug and Play. If linux doesn't support PCI PNP,
> I can't find the card, let alone use it.
>
> If shouldn't be too hard to add support for.. As few additions to the
> pnpdumb detection code, and isapnp implementation to make PCI card
> exist. I'm definitely going to speak with Diamond about this(to check
> for "special" or non-standard uart/driver implementations).
>
Does your system have a PnP-aware BIOS? This is the way to handle PCI
PnP. The BIOS should recognizes the card and report it to Linux.
I only have one PCI PnP device, a NE2000 clone, but Linux picked that up
from the BIOS with no problem (Win95 had a fit with it, however).
Bob
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