[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux modem drivers

[Jay Cox]

Herman Finkler wrote:
> 
> Is there any place with all or most modem drivers for Linux?
> 
erm... I dont know if the situation with so-called win-modems (cheap
modems that require a windows driver) has changed.  If there are any
drivers they would likely be in the Linux kernel source.  However, if
you do have such a modem you may be out of luck.  It used to be the case
that Linux would only work with the standard modems (which already had
the firmware to operate the modem).  You generally didnt ever have to
load any modem software into DOS to operate the modem  IIRC, and so with
Linux.  The plug and play devices of course need to be setup, but there
are standard tools in both linux and Windows* to get the devices up and
running if the bios hasnt already set PNP up.   (actually, for the
longest time I have configured the linux kernel not to muck with PNP
stuff when it boots because originally pnp wasn't built into the kernel
but my computer with connected devices worked fine without the kernel's
configuration!) 

Jay Cox