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

Bill Arbaugh linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Wed, 30 Aug 2000 16:33:07 -0400 (EDT)


This is exactly what I saw.  I installed the combo card, and Icould use
the NIC, but not the modem.

Bill

> 
> 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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