modem support MT9234ZPX-PCIE-NV

[Willy Offermans]

Dear Daniel and FreeBSD friends,

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 10:48:03AM +0200, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> 
> On 22/05/2011, at 9:16, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> >> However, as the boot process already mentions, there is no driver attached
> >> and I cannot get the modem to appear as an accessible and functional
> >> device. Is there someone, who can help me to get this modem to work?
> > 
> > It would be helpful if you could specify what FreeBSD version you're
> > using.
> > 
> > Assuming 8.2 or RELENG_8: no promises, but puc(4) is probably what
> > you're looking for.  I would try adding:
> > 
> > puc_load="yes"
> > 
> > To your /boot/loader.conf, then see what happens after booting.  uart(4)
> > may auto-attach to that.  Again, no promises.
> 
> I have my doubts it would work though, most likely it's a soft modem which will only work with proprietary drivers.
> 
> I couldn't find any details on the web page though so you might get lucky I suppose :)
> 
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According to the manufacturer
(http://www.multitech.com/en_US/PRODUCTS/Families/MultiModemZPX/)
it is not a soft modem, but a ``hardware'' modem. It says: Built-in
processor does the work, so your computer doesn't have to. I do not know if
this is sufficient to work under FreeBSD, but it seems to indicate that it
does not need any proprietary driver. 

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Mit freundlichen Gruessen,

Willy

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