Quoting Orlando Andico ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > all the WinModems I've seen have Conexant chips. These were formerly known > as "Cirrus" or "Rockwell" -- there was some sort of consolidation.
Not quite. The winmodem division of Cirrus Logic was spun off as Ambient Technology, which in turn was bought by Intel. Rockwell was an entirely different company, and _its_ winmodem division is now called Conexant. Here's what I believe to be a complete list of winmodem drivers, and the chipsets they work on, for Linux (from http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#winmodem ): * PC-TEL "HSP" (PCI) chips: proprietary binary driver, http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#winmodem * Agere/Lucent/AT&T "LT" aka Apollo (ISA) and Mars/Venus (PCI) chips: often thrown in as a cheapo, no-name OEM part by IBM, HP, Dell, Gateway, Compaq, and others: proprietary binary driver, http://www.heby.de/ltmodem/ * Agere/Lucent/AT&T "LT" aka Apollo (ISA) and Mars/Venus (PCI) chips: open-source driver, http://www.close.u-net.com/ltmodem.html (but not functional, yet). Please note that the Lucent AMR chipset is not compatible and not supported. * Motorola SM56 chips: proprietary binary driver, http://e-www.motorola.com/collateral/SM56_DRIVERS.html#linux * Intel Modem Silicon Operation (formerly Ambient Technology, formerly a division of Cirrus Logic) "HaM" MD563X chipsets (with MD5628 DSP) only: proprietary binary driver * Ambient Technology (later bought by Intel, and formerly a division of Cirrus Logic) CL-MD5620DT chips: open-source driver, http://www.linmodems.org/CLModem-0.3.0.tar.gz * IBM "MWave" ACP chips: open-source driver, http://www-124.ibm.com/acpmodem/ * Conexant (Rockwell) HSF and HCF chips: partially proprietary/binary drivers, http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/ * Conexant (Rockwell) HSF chips (HCF not supported), kinda-sorta works without error-correction or data-compression if you disable RPI functions: proprietary binary driver, http://www.olitec.com/pci56kv2.html * ESS ES56T-PI, ES56-PI, and ES56V-PI (PCI) TeleDrive chipsets (with ES2898S DSP chip): proprietary binary driver, http://www.jcmp3.kit.net/jcmp3/111.zip * ESS ES56V-I, ES56-I and ES56T-I (ISA) TeleDrive chipsets (with ES2890S DSP chip): proprietary binary driver, http://www.jcmp3.kit.net/jcmp3/linux111.zip Please note that one proprietary driver set for Conexant/Rockwell _does_ support the HCF chipset. -- Cheers, "Open your present...." Rick Moen "No, you open your present...." [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kaczinski Christmas. -- Unabomber Haiku Contest, CyberLaw mailing list _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
