Agere Systems L56xM+S (Mars-2)

Chipset data:

Manufacturer

Agere Systems formerly Lucent Technologies, datasheet

Applications

PCI bus controllerless (HCF) modem

Linux support

Agere/Lucent has not released an official Linux driver for the Mars-2 chipsets.
However, they do supply proprietary code in kit form to the volunteer developers.
Volunteer "Linmodem" project: LTModem Drivers for Linux

Components

  L56DM+S = DSP1646 + CSP1034AH (MQFP) [+ optional CSP1027] (Desktop)
  L56LM+S = DSP1646 + CSP1034AH (TQFP) [+ optional CSP1027] (Laptop)

  1027      Audio Codec              48-pin TQFP
  1034AH    Line Codec               44-pin MQFP or 48-pin TQFP
  1646      Mars-2 DSP               100-pin TQFP
  

MFQP=Metric Quad Plat Package
TFQP=Thin Quad Flat Package

Image

Typical application