Mr Perkins,

This modem (537) is a softmodem. This modem has no DSP.
Compared to the 536ep which is a controllerless modem which as a DSP chip.


The linux drivers for the 537 are in the final stages in being released.
I don't know the exact release date is but I believe it is soon.

-Dorian

-----Original Message-----
From: Gordy Perkins [mailto:gperkins21@citlink.net] 
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 7:47 PM
To: discuss-subscribe@linmodems.org
Cc: vbm linux
Subject: Intel 537 Modem Info

I wanted to send this to put out information I had gathered 
regarding the mysterious Intel 537. Perhaps it 
will help someone Googling in the future.

1) The modem works, and configured OK as an Intel 537 modem 
in Windows FWIW.

2) The card is a 1/2 PCI card that came in an Intel box 
with the description "Internal 56K PCI Modem". There is a 
serial number, but no model number. Also included is a 
small paper manual with no manufacturer identified, and a 
CDROM with Computer Associates Bitware, Acrobat, drivers, 
etc.

3) The card has an FCC Registration Number of US: 
5RJFBOOBAMI-IA92. I couldn't locate additional info at the 
US FCC.

4) The board has IDs of "AMI-IA92/IE92", and 
"CPCMOP9023-02".

5) The board has a sticker saying "Intel" over the main 
chip. The main chip is an Ambient MD3200 A (MD3200A?).
The chip also has the code "FC633-000 0206"

6) The modem appears to be available for sale at:
http://www.kobian.com/pr_fax_amiia92.html. I bought it at a 
surplus place in Minnesota.

7) When installed, /proc/pci says:
 
Communication controller: Tiger Jet Network Inc. Model 300 
128k (rev 0).
      IRQ 10.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=1.Max Lat=128.
      I/O at 0xb000 [0xb0ff].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd9024000 
[0xd9024fff].

8) /sbin/lspci -vv tells us:

0:0d.0 Communication controller: Tiger Jet Network Inc. 
Model 300 128k
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 0003
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- 
DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 32 (250ns min, 32000ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
        Region 0: I/O ports at b000 [size=256]
        Region 1: Memory at d9024000 (32-bit, 
non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2+ AuxCurrent=55mA 
PME(D0+,D1-,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

9) scanpci -v tells us the PCI vendor id, device id 
(e159:0001):

pci bus 0x0 cardnum 0x0d function 0x0000: vendor 0xe159 
device 0x0001
 Device unknown
  STATUS    0x0210  COMMAND 0x0007
  CLASS     0x07 0x80 0x00  REVISION 0x00
  BIST      0x00  HEADER 0x00  LATENCY 0x20  CACHE 0x00
  BASE0     0x0000b001  addr 0x0000b000  I/O
  BASE1     0xd9024000  addr 0xd9024000  MEM
  MAX_LAT   0x80  MIN_GNT 0x01  INT_PIN 0x01  INT_LINE 0x0a
  BYTE_0    0x01  BYTE_1  0x00  BYTE_2  0x62  BYTE_3  0xec

10) Intel folks at vbm.linux@intel.com are working on 
support for this modem.