Re: problem using pcmcia modem on laptop

In message: <[email protected]>
            Kirill Bezzubets <[email protected]> writes:
: On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 02:18:15PM +0300, Kirill V. Grigoroff wrote:
: 
: 
: > Hello all!
: > 
: > I'm having a problem using my pcmcia modem that I have on my Xircon
: > card (Xircom CEM56 [16-bit Ethernet + 56k modem]).  When I try to use
: > kppp with KDE (or ppp with console) it freezes when I try to query the
: > modem. I couldn't find any references to pcmcia modems in the
: > handbook, could someone point me in the right direction?
: > 
: > xe0 at port 0x2e8-0x2ef iomem 0xd1000-0xd1fff irq 11 slot 0 on pccard0
: > xe0: Xircom CEM56, bonding version 0x55, 100Mbps capable, with modem
: > xe0: DingoID = 0x444b, RevisionID = 0x1, VendorID = 0
: > xe0: Ethernet address 00:10:a4:ed:fd:79
: 
: Actually, you can't use both modem/ethernet at the same time -
: it discussed a lot of times in this list - search archives.
: 
: Your card configured now in pccardd.conf (default, perhaps?) as xe0
: ethernet, so you need to comment 'config 0x27 "xe" ?' and remove comment in
: the next line 'config auto "sio"'. You will lose ethernet ability of the
: card, but modem will work well.

This is true under -stable (or OLDCARD on -current).  NEWCARD however,
gets this wrong.

Warner

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