Re: HSmodem XDD?

[q-funk@megacom.net (Martin-Eric Racine)]

  > Does ANYONE have serial drivers that can permanently replace HS-Modem
  > and beloaded by MiNT as XDD drivers, to finally resolve the problem?
  
  It should be possible to make a new driver, with public sources and all,
  without having to re-invent the wheel?  As in using chunks of code from
  Linux m68k?  

That's the idea, though I lack proper knowledge of serial drivers to
do it myself.  AFAIK, the main reason why some comm softwares insist 
on seeing the RSVF cookie, before they acknowledge higher baudrates,
concerns the fact that HS-Modem modules recognize all hardware hacks
(eg: 38400 MFP, 14 MHz SCC, TT-Modem-2 @ 115k) through options, thus
providing correct baudrates using fcntl(TIOC?BAUD) so softwares that
comply to HS-Modem specifications will recognize the new baudrates.

  Also, undoubtedly at some point the Fenix project is going to come out
  with a replacement driver of its own?  Perhaps, if we ask nicely, that
  could be raised a notch or two on the priority list... 

Yes, but doing something for straight MiNT would be nice too. ;-)
  
The approach I favor is a generic "DRVIN" and "MIDI" imbeded into MiNT,
while modules for other ports could be loaded as MFP.XHS, SCC.XHS, etc.
similarly to MiNTnet, which loads individual drivers as SLIP.XIF, etc.


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