Intel 536EP Modem

Intel 536EP Modem

[Rick Knight]

Hello,

I have an Intel 536EP modem I would like to be able to use with linux. I 
have kernel 2.6.3 installed. I notice that the  modem is detected by the 
system and several files in the kernel source tree have make reference 
to it...

#grep -rn '536EP' /usr/src/linux-2.6.3 yields

Binary file arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin matches
Binary file drivers/pci/built-in.o matches
drivers/pci/pci.ids:6672:    1040  536EP Data Fax Modem
drivers/pci/devlist.h:7905:    DEVICE(8086,1040,"536EP Data Fax Modem")
Binary file drivers/pci/names.o matches
Binary file drivers/built-in.o matches
Binary file vmlinux matches

Is it possible to get this modem to work?


In answering this message, please CC me.

Thanks for your help,
Rick Knight
(rick@rlknight.com)

Re: Intel 536EP Modem

[Frédéric L. W. Meunier]

It's a winmodem, so this is off topic here. What you see in the
sources are things to identify it with lspci etc, not to make
it work.

Check
http://developer.intel.com/design/modems/support/drivers.htm .
Unfortunately, you get what you pay for. I own such a crap (as
a backup, because I have ADSL), actually, the 537, and Intel
doesn't even list drivers for my model (only for the 537EP),
but I could get them at
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/Intel/537/ . And yes,
there's no 2.6 support, another reason to stay away from such
winmodems.

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Rick Knight wrote:

> I have an Intel 536EP modem I would like to be able to use with linux. I
> have kernel 2.6.3 installed. I notice that the  modem is detected by the
> system and several files in the kernel source tree have make reference
> to it...
>
> Is it possible to get this modem to work?

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