wojtek@wojtek.3miasto.net wrote:

> >
> >   Woj> ...USB winmodems are already available (everybody
> >      > were waiting for them ;))
> >
> > What a repulsive idea.  Apparently stupid too, since any USB
> > device presumably needs /some/ sort of controller in order
> > to 'talk' USB.  :-(
> yes. but there are already USB modems which doesn't behave as defined in
> USB standard and doesn't work with "umodem" driver

It's worse than that, actually.  The USB Comm Class standard describes many
ways to make a modem.  The umodem driver handles modems that follow
the Abstract Control Model.  The standard allows other ways, the winmodems.
It's just that this latter part of the standard is pointless, because it doesn't really
specify the protocol to use. :-(

    -- Lennart