From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 28 11:30:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA10481 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 11:30:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from socko.cdnow.com (socko.cdnow.com [209.83.166.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA10190; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 11:29:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from heller@daria.cdnow.com) Received: from daria.cdnow.com (daria.cdnow.com [209.83.166.60]) by socko.cdnow.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id OAA02701; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:28:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from heller@localhost) by daria.cdnow.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA16891; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:25:37 -0400 (EDT) From: "A. Karl Heller" Message-Id: <199807281825.OAA16891@daria.cdnow.com> Subject: Re: Support for V.90 PCI modems? To: ade@lovett.com Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:25:37 -0400 (EDT) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: heller@cdnow.com In-Reply-To: from "Ade Lovett" at Jul 28, 98 10:50:45 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Do I dare ask how external V.90 modems work then? > Mike Smith writes: > > > >> I don't think they look like a standard UART. They get an auto-assigned IRQ > >> and a memory range. They only work in Win95 AFAIK (no NT support). Under > >> Win95, they load a special driver to emulate a normal COM port (taking up > >> the IO address for that COM port and usually another IRQ). > > > >Yecch. This sounds more and more like a "Winmodem" all the time. > > > >Does anyone have any documentation on how they're supposed to work? > Sounds exactly like the DSVD PCI modem inside the Fujitsu Lifebook -- > sadly Fujitsu have not exactly been forthcoming on information about > how their Windows drivers work (though in this case there's support > for both Win95/98 and NT). > Under Windows, it appears as a pseudo-com port (it identifies itself > as being on COM3, but probing around in the equivalent IO address > reveals nothing obvious) > -aDe > -- > Ade Lovett, Austin, TX. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- A. Karl Heller - Senior Systems Engineer - heller@cdnow.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys. Do something unusual today. Accomplish work on the computer. >>>>> HTTP://CDNOW.COM - BIGGEST FASTEST BEST <<<<< To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message