From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 16 16:52:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA17802 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 16 May 1996 16:52:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA17788 for ; Thu, 16 May 1996 16:52:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id JAA07066; Fri, 17 May 1996 09:31:49 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605170001.JAA07066@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: xircom hardware specs To: kevin@NDA.COM (Kevin Lyda) Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 09:31:49 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199605161954.PAA17533@nda.nda.com> from "Kevin Lyda" at May 16, 96 03:54:27 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Kevin Lyda stands accused of saying: > > i'm using an nec versa 2200c laptop with a xircom ethernet+modem > pcmcia card. no drivers available. i sent email to xircom > customer support and was informed that they would release the > specs to interested developers. is anyone pursuing this? if not, > i'd like to volunteer. i'll fax them for info this evening, since > i'm eager to escape win95. (i requested this laptop for freebsd) Unless Xircom have changed their tune recently, they require NDA for driver-level documentation. This makes a FreeBSD driver problematic, unless you're willing to provide support for a binary-object-only driver. If they _have_ changed their tune, more power to them! > ps next and solaris x86 provide xircom drivers, not sure if freebsd > is kernel compat with them (probably not...) Nope. -- ]] 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 [[