Re: GPL source code for Smart USB 56 modem (includes ALSA AC97 patch)

David Lloyd
2004-09-13T20:26:03Z

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, SashaK wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 20:50:58 +0200 (MEST)
> Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se> wrote:
>
>> No, I meant the 'slamr' kernel driver module, which is
>> built from a big binary-only library (amrlibs.o) and
>> a small amount of kernel glue source code. As long as
>> amrlibs.o is distributed only as a 32-bit x86 binary,
>> I won't be able to use it with a 64-bit amd64 kernel.
>
> This is exactly that was discussed - 'slamr' is going to be replaced by
> ALSA drivers. I don't know which modem you have, but recent ALSA driver
> (CVS version) already supports ICH, SiS, NForce (snd-intel8x0m), ATI IXP
> (snd-atiixp-modem) and VIA (snd-via82xx-modem) AC97 modems.

Are these all motherboard-chipset modems, or is there such a thing as an
AC97-based PCI modem card?

- D