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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Mr Boucher,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you <SPAN class=670212010-20042002>and
congratulations </SPAN>for the work that you are doing to provide a Linux
Driver for<SPAN class=670212010-20042002> </SPAN>Conexant HCF
Modems.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=670212010-20042002></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=670212010-20042002><FONT face=Arial size=2>I understand your
current policy on supporting 122A type modems to be as
follows:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=670212010-20042002></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=670212010-20042002><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=670212010-20042002>"</SPAN>The old 127A HCF chips (except those on riptide
cards) need a bunch of<SPAN class=670212010-20042002> </SPAN>special workarounds
as well as different code for the data pump. Historically, the windows driver
started off supporting them, bu<SPAN class=670212010-20042002>t </SPAN>our linux
driver has a completely different (newer) architecture<SPAN
class=670212010-20042002> </SPAN>that focuses on the more recent chips.
Implementing support for the old<SPAN class=670212010-20042002> </SPAN>chips in
the new driver would require a lot of time and effort, an investment<SPAN
class=670212010-20042002> </SPAN>which is hard to justify for obsolete
products.<SPAN class=670212010-20042002>"</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=670212010-20042002>This is regrettable
because a large number of </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2>people like myself purchased <SPAN class=670212010-20042002>top
of the range </SPAN>PCs<SPAN class=670212010-20042002> (</SPAN><SPAN
class=670212010-20042002>which are not obsolete by any means) which were
b</SPAN>undled with this type of modem <SPAN class=670212010-20042002>and
we now wish to </SPAN>tak<SPAN class=670212010-20042002>e </SPAN>the<SPAN
class=670212010-20042002> </SPAN>enlightened step migrating from Windows to
Linux.<SPAN class=670212010-20042002> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>At present out the only way of connecting to the internet is to take
the<SPAN class=670212010-20042002> </SPAN>retrograde step of booting back into
Windows.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>I am writing to ask you whether you will
seriously and urgently <SPAN
class=670212010-20042002>rec</SPAN>onsider<SPAN class=670212010-20042002>
</SPAN>supporting 127A type HCF Modems<SPAN class=670212010-20042002>. It would
be a sad road for a Linux developer to follow by possibly adopting
the attitude of a certain nameless major software
</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=670212010-20042002>vendor and forcing obsolescence on perfectly good kit
that contains Conexant (Rockwell) chips.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=670212010-20042002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>My modem is an Aztech MDP3858SP-W<SPAN
class=670212010-20042002> </SPAN>(AZT 4015)<SPAN class=670212010-20042002> and
has the following characteristics:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=670212010-20042002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=670212010-20042002>Vendor ID =
127A</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=670212010-20042002>Device ID =
1005</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=670212010-20042002>Subvendor ID =
122D</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=670212010-20042002>Subdevice ID =
4015</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=670212010-20042002><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>M<SPAN
class=670212010-20042002>artin </SPAN>Hughes</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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