on Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 02:19:35PM +0000, andrej hocevar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 
wrote:
> lately i've inherited my brother's rockwell modem, which is a hsf,
> meaning, as far as i know, it's a winmodem. so i took a look a
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Conexant+Rockwell-modem-HOWTO/hsf.html
> the instruction say to change the content of /proc/pci. 
> which is the problem -- i cannot do it as i can't change the
> permissions! 
> what's the answer? or is there another way of making such a modem
> work? (as you see, i can do without as well, but my own modem is
> supposably slower ...)

/proc is a virtual filesystem.  Features are determined by supported
compiled into (or provided via a module) in your kernel.

Changes to /proc settings must be supported by your kernel, and
performed as root.

Peace.

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