From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 23 00:13:24 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6FF5106564A for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:13:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 807F68FC0C for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:13:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p8N0DNVu014641; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:13:23 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id p8N0DNv1014638; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:13:23 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:13:23 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Benjamin Kaduk In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:13:23 -0600 (MDT) Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FAQ updating: software modems X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:13:24 -0000 On Thu, 22 Sep 2011, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, Warren Block wrote: > >> Just noticed that the FAQ still says >> >> FreeBSD supports many software modems via add-on software. For >> example, the comms/ltmdm port adds support for modems based on the >> very popular Lucent LT chipsets. >> >> comms/ltmdm is gone, removed a year ago as unmaintained. Are there any >> other software modem drivers in ports or elsewhere, or should this entry be >> removed entirely? > > Grep-ing for 'modem' in ports/*/*/pkg-descr seems to reveal just > comms/ib-kmod as providing support for modem hardware. Given that it's just > the one manufacturer, and modem use is falling away with increased broadband > penetration, I would not mind if the entry just went away. Well, the old bad kind of modem (dialup POTS) is going away. The iBurst and many other new modems are wireless. Whether any wireless ones are host-based, I don't know, but haven't seen any questions about such. > (But then, I was the one advocating for removing PLIP/SLIP from the handbook > ...) This little FAQ question should not be quite as big a deal.