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RE: [TCLUG:224] RE: LUG - bash error and fat32



what are you talking about.. PnP modems work just fine in linux.. the only kind
of PnP modems that don't work are "winmodems" 

technical explanation: 
"winmodem"s do not have a normal UART, they use a SOFTWARE UART that you can
only get for win95.. there IS a winmodem driver in progress, but the person
doing it may have decided to drop work on it.. on a P133, the driver takes up
80% of the CPU, he tested it in win95, and it did the same in win95.. software
UARTs just don't work well

On 20-May-98 Christopher Reid Palmer wrote:
> About your PnP modem: Unless you can disable the PnP 'feature' of the
> modem, you can pretty much plan on not using your modem with Linux. There
> is a PnP kernel module available, but its efficacy is dubious at best.
> 

TTYL,
        Ben Kochie (ben@intexp.com)

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