[ltp] 3com mini-PCI combo card: hardware modem?

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Alan Shutko wrote:
> Can anyone state with certainty whether or not the 3com mini-PCI combo
> card (IBM part number 09N9774 has a hardware modem and would work
> under Linux?

It requires custom 3COM software for the modem piece, which currently does
not exist for Linux. So, at least in that sense, it could be considered a
software modem. I don't have any details on the exact division of labor
between the software and the card's hardware.

-- Keith

Keith Frechette
Linux Development Lead, Mobile Computing Options and Software Development
IBM Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
kfrechet@us.ibm.com / 919-543-3761 / TieLine:441-3761



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