FAQ updating: software modems

[Warren Block]

On Thu, 22 Sep 2011, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, Warren Block wrote:
>
>> Just noticed that the FAQ still says
>>
>>  FreeBSD supports many software modems via add-on software. For
>>  example, the comms/ltmdm port adds support for modems based on the
>>  very popular Lucent LT chipsets.
>> 
>> comms/ltmdm is gone, removed a year ago as unmaintained.  Are there any 
>> other software modem drivers in ports or elsewhere, or should this entry be 
>> removed entirely?
>
> Grep-ing for 'modem' in ports/*/*/pkg-descr seems to reveal just 
> comms/ib-kmod as providing support for modem hardware.  Given that it's just 
> the one manufacturer, and modem use is falling away with increased broadband 
> penetration, I would not mind if the entry just went away.

Well, the old bad kind of modem (dialup POTS) is going away.  The iBurst
and many other new modems are wireless.  Whether any wireless ones are 
host-based, I don't know, but haven't seen any questions about such.

> (But then, I was the one advocating for removing PLIP/SLIP from the handbook 
> ...)

This little FAQ question should not be quite as big a deal.