[ltp] T60 analog modem

Daniel Smolik linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:28:13 +0200


Andrew Barr napsal(a):
> On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 00:24 +0200, Daniel Smolik wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>I have new T60. Have anybody info which kind of analog modem is 
>>included and which driver (if exists) can I use ?
> 
> 
> Newer laptops have the modem linked in with the sound chip, so there's
> usually an ALSA driver for the modem, either in the ALSA tree or in the
> kernel. Then you can use the Smart Link modem daemon (non-free; there is
> a binary-only .o file that does the soft DSP work) in ALSA mode to have
> a virtual /dev/modem file to use with PPP.
> 
> At least on my machine there is snd-intel8x0m. I don't know if a ALSA
> modem driver exists for the latest iteration of Intel chipsets
> (assuming, of course, that that is what you have). I would guess the
> driver would be called snd-hda-modem or similar.
> 
> Andrew
Thanks for answer I have experience with smartlink modem but I try 
this driver on T60 and modem was not found.


			Dan