>>>>> "MR" == M R Brown <mrbrown@0xd6.org> writes:

[... 'it' below is the modem ...]

MR> And how do you plan on supporting it?

I expect the same way any other device is supported. 

 * Learn more about how the device works externally and internally.  
 * Determine how to make it do what I want on a low level.  
 * Document that and write driver-level code to implement it.  
 * Test the code to ensure that it has no obvious flaws.
 * Submit it to the list.

As to how I'd learn more about the device, well, that's a non-trivial
problem.  I'd start by asking those who implemented the support for
the broadband adapter how they gathered the information they needed.
Then I'd check the code to see if/how devices are detected, and see if
the device is detected already but just not yet implemented and
understood.  Finally, if that doesn't work, I'd ask some friends of
mine who work at Sega for pointers.

But I won't do any of this at all unless I can get the bloody thing to
boot, and I can't do that because the downloadable disk image for
DiskJuggler doesn't work for me on the downloadable version of
DiskJuggler.  The downloadable version of Nero doesn't work, either,
when I use a downloadable program that converts DiskJuggler images
into Nero images.  I've asked several times for assistance, and all I
get are messages that say "it works for me" with absolutely no useful
information like what software version they're using for burning the
disks, or what media they're using, or anything at all.

If I can't get any further than burning coasters, I'll be stuck, and
then I'll end up unsubscribing from the list instead of polluting it.

MR> M. R.

Jack.
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