Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 15:34:08 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: ahill@interconnect.com.au (Anthony Hill) Cc: nate@sri.MT.net, ko-baba@kdd.co.jp, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xircom Pocket ether adapter Message-ID: <199603060504.PAA23121@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960306094631.13562A-100000@tulpi.interconnect.com.au> from "Anthony Hill" at Mar 6, 96 09:49:37 am
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Anthony Hill stands accused of saying: > > On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Nate Williams wrote: > > > > I want to know whether Pocket ether adapter is supported by > > > installer of FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE. > > > > Nope, Xircom doesn't release any information about their devices, so > > device drivers will probably never be written for them. > > This is a pity - because they are a good bit of hardware. BSDI support > these things..... Perhaps if someone had access to BSDI source code they > could have a bit of a look, and maybe work something out ? You don't understand. Xircom's interface is not publically disclosable. This includes distributing code that implements it without an NDA. > Anthony -- ]] 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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