Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:50:55 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart? Message-ID: <4E53B03F.7090109@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108211133500.1308@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108211133500.1308@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz>
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On 8/21/2011 12:34 PM, Lars Eighner wrote: > > Since uart in 8.x will not support my PCI 3com hardware modem (as FreeBSD > sio has since 4.x) and my PR is gathering dust, before I buy any more > coaster sets from osdisc.com, it behooves to ask if there are any dialup > modems that 8.x uart actually supports for ppp on demand? A number of people have asked a number of times for you to provide details as to what exactly does not work given that a number of people use the same 3com modem you claim is totally broken. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2011-May/062731.html I have the following modem is a few dozen locations that works just fine on RELENG_7 and RELENG_8 using uart. uart2@pci0:0:14:0: class=0x070002 card=0x00d312b9 chip=0x100812b9 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = '3COM Corp, Modem Division (Formerly US Robotics)' device = 'USR5610B (0005610-02) 56K Performance Pro Modem (PCI Internal) (USR5610B)' class = simple comms subclass = UART bar [10] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xe500, size 8, enabled cap 01[dc] = powerspec 2 supports D0 D2 D3 current D0 # cu -l /dev/cuau2 Connected ati3 U.S. Robotics 56K FAX INT V5.22.91 OK ---Mike -- ------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/
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