Messages in this thread | | | From | "Khimenko Victor" <> | Date | Thu, 30 Apr 1998 16:33:23 +0400 (MSD) | Subject | Re: pnp |
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30-Apr-98 04:31 you wrote: > Are the specifications for a winmodem a secret? If not, it > seems to me that a Linux winmodem driver would be a Simple Matter Of > Programming (tm). I could imagine timing needs that might require one > to extend Linux interrupt handling or scheduling a tiny bit, but that > is about the only special need that comes to mind. Maybe the issue > is that you have to implement some huge modem protocol stack? If more > of the modem must be implemented in software, I wonder if that would > enable one to write interesting extensions, such as encodings optimized > for low latency for interactive video games. > Unfortunatelly there is no standards for winmodem :-(( Only API-level standards required for windows-driver... This means also that winmodems are incompatible on hardware level :-(( Linux could not use windows-drivers (for now at least)...
P.S. Really RT-Linux MUST be enough for realiable usage of such modems but there must be open information about hadrware of such modem's, not only about windows-driver API...
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