Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: I have information/driver source for winmodem's (no Joke) | Date | 13 Apr 1999 05:38:45 GMT |
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Followup to: <199904110601.CAA29342@jupiter.cs.uml.edu> By author: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Having the commands programmed elseware _does_ help. Since your modem > does not handle AT commands, you need to emulate them. For the ISDN > drivers, the kernel already interprets the AT commands in software. > > Got it? > > In other words, you would have a /dev/whatever file that you can use > with normal dialup software. The device file accepts AT commands, > even though the modem itself does not accept them. > > > well the one that the base drivers are written in is assembly for the intel > > processor (the only chip the modems will work with) however if i found that > > You will need to do one of these: > > A. Convert the assembly from MASM syntax to gas syntax. > I once saw a sed script to do it. > > B. Use the NASM assembler instead of gas. > > C. Write plain C to replace the assembly. >
C. is definitely the better choice; it will let you use it on other platforms. This is probably feasible for a controllerless modem, probably not so for a DSP-less one...
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