On 7 Jan 2001 18:05:01 -0600, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
>On Sun Jan  7 02:53:32 2001, Dragula wrote:
>> 
>> hello, we dont know each other but below is the message i found regarding
>> the modem i am having trouble with.  I did full reformat ( cybermax 500 Mhz
>> Athlon) and now the modem will not be detected.  I have no idea on how to
>> find the right driver or as it does not seem available.  Also i do not know
>
>Enable the following lines in your kernel config and compile a new kernel:
>
>puc*	at pci? dev ? function ?	# PCI "universal" comm. cards
>
>com*	at puc? port ?			# 16x50s on "universal" comm boards

If it truly was the USR modem that he referenced, I believe that
1.4.2 (and presumably above) has support already in there for it:

puc0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0: US Robotics (3Com) 3CP5609 PCI 16550 Modem (com)
com3 at puc0 port 0: interrupting at irq 11
com3: ns16550a, working fifo