From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jul 29 05:27:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA13166 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 05:27:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from animaniacs.itribe.net (gatekeeper.itribe.net [209.49.144.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id FAA13150; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 05:27:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jamie@itribe.net) Received: from localhost (jamie@localhost) by animaniacs.itribe.net (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id IAA22687; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 08:26:14 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 08:26:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden To: "A. Karl Heller" cc: ade@lovett.com, mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Support for V.90 PCI modems? In-Reply-To: <199807281825.OAA16891@daria.cdnow.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Sure, they plug into a serial port. On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, A. Karl Heller wrote: > > > 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 > -- Jamie Bowden Systems Administrator, iTRiBE.net If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message