On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Michael Phillips wrote:
> > Michael, please ensure you are not running a WinModem (ie, one that relies > > on the CPU to do all the work..) I have heard there is coming support for > > those less fortunate modems, but... <shrug> > No, it is a Rockwell chipset, PCI, 56K internal modem. I have a relatively > solid foundation in the hardware area, so I would never be inclined to > purchase such an--indeed--"unfortunate" modem. :) Oh! Well, PCI modems quite likely ARE WinModems, but there are some out there that aren't. Unfortunately, there isn't native support for PCI serial ports under the stable kernels, though there seems to be a way to configure some using setserial manually. Oh the other hand, there is PCI serial support in the development kernels (I'm not sure when it was added, but it's there in 2.3.16. I'd suggest not using 2.3.17, though. It made my development box's apt segfault. And yes, I did copy over .config, and did kernel-package) I also think you would need a newer pppd to run under that kernel. The PPP support has been modularised with a finer grain and WOULD NOT work on my system with slink's pppd. Kernel said PPP support was compiled in, and pppd said it wasn't. Could someone who knows the PCI modem/serial stuff better please offer advice? -- Ferret no baka
