Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 18:35:09 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: Dan_Grillo@next.com (Dan Grillo) Cc: hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: driver for Xircom Netwave? Message-ID: <199606200905.SAA06012@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <9606200758.AA16514@femail.NeXT.COM> from "Dan Grillo" at Jun 20, 96 00:58:39 am
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Dan Grillo stands accused of saying: > HOSOKAWA Tatsumi writes: > > Dan_Grillo@next.com writes: > > >> Is there a FreeBSD driver for the Xircom Netwave PCMCIA wireless > > >> lan card? (http://www.xircom.com/Products/nw.html) > > > > Pls don't ask me about Xircom's cards, ask Xircom instead :-). > > Are you having problems getting documentation for the cards from Xircom? Xircom refuse to release programming documentation without NDA, and are generally regarded as scum in the free software community due to their inappropriate use of free code (from the CRYNWYR packet driver IIRC). If they were to take a leaf out of Diamond's book, I'm sure they'd be welcomed back, but as it is nobody wants to touch their stuff. > --Dan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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