Re: ISDN card drivers for Linux?

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From: Alan Cox
Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 13:14

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In article <jeremy.769246367@suite.sw.oz.au> jeremy@sour.sw.oz.au (Jeremy Fitzhardinge) writes:
>We're looking at setting up a Linux box as an ISDN gateway
>machine, and we're wondering if we need to write a driver for
>any card we may get.

Probably you will. Someone has done an ALPHA driver for the Diehl series
of cards. Its not very usable but works. Also cards with a hardware
16550A UART emulation (or real chip) on on board work. Some have OS/2
software UART emulators - that won't do.

Next be warned that getting ISDN to talk to other ISDN is fascinating...
One trick is to stuff all the official specs and just run asynchronous
SLIP over the ISDN line like a fast modem. PPP still has a lot of
interoperability problems.

>We'd be happy with ahpha, beta test/prerelease versions, and
>could actively help develop/debug a driver.
I'm still trying to get permission here to do a driver for the Sonix 
PC/Arpeggio card.

>Also, what PC ISDN cards available approved for use in Australia?
No idea sorry.

Alan

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From: iiitac@uk.ac.swan.pyr (Alan Cox)
Subject: Re: ISDN card drivers for Linux?
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