[haiku-development] Re: R1 blocker - dial up internet?
- From: Jorma Karvonen <karvonen.jorma@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:31:44 +0200
I have a Huawei E160E USB interface (USB modem) as a reserve
connection to Internet, if there is some problem with the fixed line
broadband connection. The first problem to use the mobile usb stick is
that it needs a pin code as an input to work.
2010/11/24, Siarzhuk Zharski <zharik@xxxxxx>:
> Hi,
>
> Am 24.11.2010 05:54, schrieb Clemens Zeidler:
>> Don't we need a lot of modem drivers for that?
>
>
> It depends. There are "hardware" modems that need only working RS232
> port driver on the OS side. There are "winmodems" that have most of it's
> communication functionality implemented in the OS driver (mostly
> proprietary and closed sources). As far as I heard modern 3G modems are
> also used as quasi dialup devices. They need also some support from the
> OS side.
>
>
>> So also if dial up is really still used by a none negligible number I
>> would not declare it as a blocker. I would more like to reduce the
>> blocker list then to increase it.
>
>
> Yes, real RS232 communication ports are mostly go away from the modern
> PCs but lot of USB-to-RS232 adapters are here. Haiku already has
> usb_serial driver for FTDI, pl2303 and cp2101 adapter types but it waits
> for solving the "TTY Module Question". Many tasks in embedded
> development and hardware support are still require communicating with
> harwdare by RS232. So RS232 support is not a just "legacy wish" but
> requirement, IMO.
>
>
>> Am 24.11.2010, 16:56 Uhr, schrieb Karl vom Dorff <karlvd@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>>> BeOS, as far as I'm aware, had some modem dial-up capability. Haiku's
>>> dial-up capability?
>>>
>>> This to me, would seem to be a blocker.
>>>
>
> ---
> Kind Regards,
> S.Zharski
>
>
>
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