>>>>> "a" == andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
a> Almost all softmodems are "supported" under linux. You just
a> have to run an old kernel so seeing if it is linux supported is
a> not sufficiant
I'm sorry, but I have been using Linux since 0.99 and I have _never_
found _any_ support for soft modems in Linux. Can you substantiate
this claim?
If there was support in any prior version of Linux, we wouldn't have
linmodems.org desperately trying to reverse-engineer the beasts. The
Modem-HOWTO also concurs that software modems are not supported under
Linux except for those drivers listed at linmodems.org.
Software modems are just raw DSP chips; the software must do all of
the signal processing to understand dialtones, produce dialing tones
and modulate/demodulate the carrier frequency. This is a non-trivial
program. The only modem support for Linux (outside of the linmodems)
is for those modems based (sometimes loosely) on the old Hayes
"AT" command set.
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