Здравствуйте.

  Каким способом можно определить softmodem? (Конечная цель -- поднять
его на MaxSelect A3.)

  На всякий пожарный:

$ sudo -H pciscan
Recommended driver     Description
------------------     -----------
unknown                ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge [Host bridge]
shpchp                 ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [PCI bridge
Normal decode]
shpchp                 ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [PCI bridge
Normal decode]
shpchp                 ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a39 [PCI
bridge Normal decode]
ohci-hcd               ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host
Controller [OHCI USB Controller]
ohci-hcd               ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host
Controller [OHCI USB Controller]
ehci-hcd               ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host
Controller [EHCI USB Controller]
unknown                ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller
[SMBus]
atiixp                 ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI
IDE Controller ATI [IDE interface storage controller]
snd-hda-intel          ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 437b []
unknown                ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
[ISA bridge]
unknown                ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
[PCI bridge Subtractive decode]
unknown                Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [Host bridge]
unknown                Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [Host bridge]
unknown                Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [Host bridge]
unknown                Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
[Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [Host bridge]
unknown                ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
[VGA compatible controller]
r1000                  Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.: Unknown device
8168 [Ethernet controller]
ohci1394               O2 Micro, Inc.: Unknown device 00f7 [OHCI
FireWire (IEEE 1394)]
unknown                O2 Micro, Inc.: Unknown device 7120 []
unknown                O2 Micro, Inc.: Unknown device 7130 [Unknown mass
storage controller]
unknown                RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI [Network
controller]

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С уважением. Алексей.