I believe that some hardware is actually directly accessed by VMWare, and not through the kernel. I guess about this after using it a couple of months ago with some issue that I can't remember to save my life. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 9:35 PM Subject: Re: [expert] A very good WINE questions > Surprisingly they actually do work, albeit V...e...r...y > s...l...o...w...l...y Way too slowly to be considered usable by any > standard. > > -- > Mark > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 > ** <_||_> in the making of this | > ** =\/= message... | Registered Linux user #182496 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Scott Patten wrote: > > > > As a matter of fact it "might" work, but the only apps that would be > > > able to make use of that connection would be the ones being run "inside" > > > the guest OS and none residing on the host OS. And the performance is > > > already bad enough to make using even VMware something that you soon > > > come to the point of using only when it's absolutely a necessity. > > > > I doubt VMware would work for this. It's my understanding that the guest > > OS uses devices offered by the host OS. I don't think that the guest OS > > has direct hardware access which is what Windows needs to use a winmodem. > > Direct hardware acces sounds a bit too dangerous to me. I'm pretty sure > > the guest OS talks to /dev/modem, /dev/eth0, etc. VMware would have to > > offer this as a special feature for this to work. I suspect it would take > > a kernel patch to make the winmodem available to the guest OS. > > > > > It's still far cheaper and easier to purchase a new modem. > > > > Agreed. > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. >
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