Newbie questions ... (yikes! :)

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

Oh well, I guess Apple has changed things in recent models. As is probably
fairly obvious to you now, you don't have a Conexant chipset at all. I
guess Apple must have taken over Motorola's defunct SM56 line of software
modems. There is a binary-only x86 driver at http://www.sm56.tk but that's
about it. At least if you had Conexant, you could make it work for $$$.

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:12:11 -0500, Bruce Smith wrote:

>> Unless Apple has changed things in recent models, the built-in modem is a
>> Conexant USB HCF-type controllerless software modem. Getting that to work
>> under Linux is pretty much the same as getting similar hardware to work on
>> x86 Linux.  ...
> 
> According to Mac OS X, this is the modem in my powerbook:
> 
>    Driver:      MotorolaSM56K.kext (v1.2.0)
>    Hardware Version:    Version 1.0
>    Interface Type:      I2S
>    Country:     B5 (United States, Latin America)
>    Modem Model: Jump
>    Modulation:  V.92
> 
> Do you know if that's a Conexant HCF modem, or something else?
> Is linuxant.com the only place to get HCF drivers?
> 
> Thanks, Bruce.
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