Great, I'll give some timezone people a bit to see if anyone has anything to add. I hope they accept!
Poff On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Edouard Gomez enslaved 16 hundred monkeys to type: > Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:08:29 +0100 > From: Edouard Gomez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [speedtouch] Re: Help - Thompson reply for speedtouch tech > specs... > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Ok guys you have to do this one for me!! > > > > Looks like they might give the info if we give reasons! This is refering > > to a BSD request on the list earlier. I don't know what to say! > > Why we need basic vendor usb commands for the speedtouch usb series: > > - Clear the fuzz around the commands wer are executing on the modem > We know what to send, but we don't know their meaning. This will > be a problem if the firmware function change. We would not be able > to understand where it hangs and probably why it hangs. > > Today, vendor commands are "black voodoo" magic which have been > reverse engineered. > > Why we need a way to reset the modem: > > - We need to know how to reset the modem safely. It seems the reset > function of the USB 1.1 specs is not well supported. I tested that > on my linux system, and it appears that the modem disapears randomly > after a modem reset. > > The reset function is very important if we want to improve the > modem_run program in a way where it could reset the modem and load > the firmware again without thee need of hardware unplugging or > unloding+reloading modules. > > > The overall reason is just that Unix users should be treated as real > customers. We don't want to break their IP, we want to be able to use > the hardware we paid for. > > -- > Edouard Gomez > -- Attached file included as plaintext by Listar -- > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+So2dR5dTYz5sWMcRAhl6AJ445Ar/SJw9s6GVBUGBnTp0g8ZCfACgrTxc > RKiXOu/xRi/FfMqCscEpDmc= > =jYor > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB > Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
