From: Ken D'Ambrosio (kend_at_cisco.com)
Date: Thu Feb 03 2000 - 13:26:34 EST
Damn, damn, damn: mea culpa. It was the "other" supported Cisco
notebook, the Toshiba Portege 7000 series (and probably, by extension,
the Tecra 8000 series). I apologize for sending folk astray.
-Ken
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, David Newman wrote:
> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 12:56:39 -0500
> From: David Newman <dnewman_at_networktest.com>
> To: Steve <devel_at_psychonet.net>, Ken D'Ambrosio <kend_at_cisco.com>
> Cc: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> Subject: RE: Linux to be preloaded on Thinkpads
>
>
> OK, now I'm totally confused. Ken says he knows folks who have the 600E
> Mwave DSP running under Linux, using Lucent drivers. Steve says only the 240
> and 600X are supported because both use Lucent modems.
>
> I have a 600E and would dearly love to use the Mwave modem under Linux. Ken
> (or anyone), if you know of a way to do this please let the list know.
>
> Thanks.
>
> dn
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve [mailto:devel_at_psychonet.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 12:46 PM
> > To: Ken D'Ambrosio
> > Cc: David Newman; thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> > Subject: Re: Linux to be preloaded on Thinkpads
> >
> >
> > There are no linux drivers for the IBM Mwave modem thats included in the
> > 600e or the 770ed. There is a linux driver for the lucent modem thats
> > included in the tp240 and the tp600x. The mwave and lucent modems are
> > completely different :)
> >
> > The lucent driver can be downloaded from linmodems.org and has worked well
> > for me the times I've used it in my 240
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> >
> > > Ummm... there're already working drivers. Thinkpad 600Es are one of the
> > > two "supported" notebook platforms here at Cisco, and I know of at least
> > > one or two Linux users who've gotten their MWave modems working with the
> > > Lucent drivers. Mind you, they're binary (no source, *sigh*), but it
> > > works. If they're going to start pre-loading it, I'll be surprised if
> > > they don't get it going.
> > >
> > > -Ken
> > >
> > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, David Newman wrote:
> > >
> > > > Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 11:56:52 -0500
> > > > From: David Newman <dnewman_at_networktest.com>
> > > > To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> > > > Subject: Linux to be preloaded on Thinkpads
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > At the Linuxworld trade show in New York, the head of IBM's
> > new Linux group,
> > > > Irving Wladawsky-Berger, said the company would ship Linux
> > preloaded on thin
> > > > clients, Netfinity servers -- and Thinkpads.
> > > >
> > > > Soooooo: When do you think we can get working code for Mwave modems?
> > > >
> > > > dn
> > > >
> > > > http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20000202S0005
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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