The only version of Linux that I know of which has been successfuly installed on
notebooks to take advantage of winmodems is SuSE Linux.
www.elinux.com (or is it www.e-linux.com?)sells a lot of ibm thinkpds and provides
instructions on configurin the winmodem to work with SuSE. You might check out their
site, and possibly call to beg and plead for assistance.
I do know that any winmodem under Linux will be slower since the mainboard CPU has to
do all the processing for it.
--Greg
> Hi all,
> I have installed mandrake 7.1 on my laptop (Compaq Armada 7400). It has
> an internal modem 56K V.90, but I can not configure it.
> Could anyone help.
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Saadi.
> N.B The following text is a description of the modem.
>
> Internal Modem Support
> Linux has support for controller based modems. The controller-less or
> "winmodem" is not supported. The Armada 7400 and 7800 models with 333MHz
> or faster processors use a 56K V.90 winmodem and the only driver Compaq
> currently provides is for Microsoft based operating systems. Older 7400
> and 7800 models with 300 MHz or slower processors use a 33.6Kbps
> controller based modem which uses the standard Hayes commands and is
> supported by Linux. The internal modem defaults to COM3 (0x3F8). Linux
> expects the COM ports to use the "standard" resources: COM1 (0x3F8,
> IRQ4), COM2 (0x2F8, IRQ3), COM3 (0x3E8, IRQ4), COM4 (0x2E8, IRQ3).
> Notice that COM1/COM3 and COM2/COM4 share IRQ's. If COM1 and COM3 are to
> be used simultaneously, Compaq recommends using Computer Setup for
> Portables to move COM3 to its own IRQ. For example, if the user wished
> to use the internal modem and an external serial mouse, then a good
> choice would be to use IRQ3. IRQ3 is free for use by the internal modem
> because COM2 (0x2F8), the fast infrared port, is assigned IRQ9. The
> latest Compaq system ROM (BIOS) moves the internal modem to IRQ3 by
> default, so we recommend you upgrade the BIOS prior to installing Linux.
> Also be aware that if a system is setup to dual boot the Microsoft
> Window 9.X operating system, then that OS can reassign the COM port
> resources, resulting in the possibility of Linux not being able to use
> the port(s).
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