On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 11:59:28PM -0400, Michael Burger wrote:
: Why bother?

He doesn't have any ISA slots..

: I mean...PCI is already overkill for a device that only transfers
: data at a maximum rate of 53Kbps.

Yes, but machines are coming with PCI slots, and not with ISA slots.  For
example, last time I bought a motherboard (as Asus CUSL2), it had ONE ISA
slot.  I don't have any more ISA devices, but still..

: Isn't USB for a modem even more overkill?

Nope.  The PCI Bus can xfer data at a rate of 33 MB/s (that's megabytes, 
big B).  The current USB 1.x spec has an xfer of 12 Mb/s (that's megabits,
or 1.5 MB/s).

: I've never, yet, understood the need for USB or PCI modems...

ISA is finally going away, that's why!  It's all about a move toward 
having only one or two connection types in a PC.  If you use only USB 
devices, you can get rid of RS232 serial ports, parallel ports, game
ports, etc.  Heck, look at those Dell WebPCs, they ONLY have USB ports,
IIRC.

: Having said that, I haven't heard anything about USB modem support,
: but one never knows.

It's there, it works.  I played with a USB modem briefly for some 
integration testing a couple of months back.  The USB ethernet devices
work pretty well too.  I've got one in my lab right now on a box that I'm
using to experiment with netfilter.  Works like a champ on 2.4.0-test11,
but also works on the 2.2.x with USB backport.  BTW - 2.2.18 will have
USB in the standard kernel distribution.

-- 
Jason Costomiris <><           |  Technologist, geek, human.
jcostom {at} jasons {dot} org  |  http://www.jasons.org/ 
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