There should be a pctel chip on the modem itself.  What does it say the model is?

Joe


On Sat, 09 Mar 2002 00:59:32 -0300
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> At 03:07 p.m. 08/03/2002, you wrote:
> > > I shouldn't jump into the middle of a thread, and I'm not sure of this,
> > > but the CM8738 number sounds more like the number of the sound module
> > > than the modem.  I have a Matsonic MS8308EP motherboard, without the LMR
> > > modem, but (IIRC) the sound card is CM8378 or something like that.
> > >
> > > Possibly, on the LMR modem, the sound module is the modem and goes by
> > > the same name??
> > >
> > > Randy Kramer
> >
> >shockwave:
> >Randy is quite right -- CM8378 refers to a sound chipset. Have you seen the
> >miniHowTo at http://sayamindu.topcities.com/pctel.txt? Not having been
> >through the thrill of dealing with an HSP modem, I can't vouch for its
> >usefulness, but the guy solicits comments on the main page, so perhaps an
> >e-mail to him would work.
> >HTH --
> >-- cmg
> 
> Hmm..now i'm confused, here are the options I can choose,
> 
> "./configure
> Options: --with-hal=hal
> Select one of: pct789, cm8738, i810intel, i810sis, via686a"
> 
> I thought it was a i810sis first but then I opened the box and the only 
> chip I found that matched one of these was HSP56 cm8738/PCI-SX. I'm reading 
> the text file and it has some sections of the FAQ I already have,
> 
> "7.3. Other options while loading the modules. The other options that you 
> may want to use while loading ptserial.o are:
> For all HALs :
> - irq: Force to using irq #.
> - iobase: Force to use iobase for modem detection.
> 
> Only for I810/VAI686A HALs:
> - iobase1: Force the iobase 1
> NOTE: if you want to set iobase or iobase1, you should use 
> irq/iobase/iobase1 at same time.
> 
> Only for CM8738/PCT789 HALs:
> - vendor_id: vendor ID of the modem
> - device_id: device ID of the modem."
> 
> and CM8738 is also listed. I know that CM8738 has to do with audio but 
> reading the previous FAQ,
> 
> "You need an Elite/SiS mainboard with the CM8738 Audio/Modem ASIC and PCtel 
> Codec/DAA daughterboard.  The modem daughterboard has a RJ-11 phone jack to 
> hook up to a phone line."
> 
> that Audio/Modem confuses me, the other chip close to the ones listed is 
> PCT303L.
> 
> Regards
> Paul
> 
> 
> 

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