Re: Modem does not work
>Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 11:33:23 -0800 (PST)
>From: ferret@phonewave.net
>
>On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, dyer wrote:
>
>> >
>> > >>
>> > >> I have bought (two day ago) a modem, it says (in the windows software)
>> > >> that it is a "Motorols SM56 PCI, Speakerphone Modem" and it is on
>> > >> COM4.
>> > >
>> > >That says it all. Speakerphone Modem = Winmodem. Take it back and get a
>> > >real modem.
>> > >--
>> >
>> > Now I have an "Supra 2260 PCI Modem Enumerator/Supra Max 56i Voice
>> > PCI" (dual personality!?), but no luck ... :(
>> >
>> > It is an internal PCI modem, Windows says that it is on COM3, IRQ10,
>> > so it should be in /dev/ttyS3, but I only have two serial connections
>> > working,
>> >
>>
>> I think you bought another winmodem. To expand on the last response, I would go by
>> the _general_ rule:
>> PCI Modem = Winmodem
>PCI modem with the string `HCF' in the description under Windows =
>Winmodem
>PCI modem listed as `comm controller' in any BIOS verbosity might be a
>real modem. Currently, AFAIK, PCI serial support is in the unstable 2.3.x
>kernels, but there is a backport for a couple devices in 2.0.38
>
Uff, Mine says "comm controller" in the BIOS verbosity :)
Where is the documentation for those kind of support?
Thank you for all the help you already (and for the future help :)
gave to me.
At\'e breve
Pedro Quaresma de Almeida
Departamento de Matem\'atica, Faculdade de Ci\^encias e Tecnologia
Universidade de Coimbra
P-3000 COIMBRA, PORTUGAL
e-mail: quaresma@hilbert.mat.uc.pt
url: http://www.mat.uc.pt/~pedro/
phone: 351 39 791170
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