From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 5 20:59:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA04786 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 5 Mar 1996 20:59:47 -0800 (PST) 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 UAA04754 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 1996 20:59:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id PAA23121; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 15:34:09 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603060504.PAA23121@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Xircom Pocket ether adapter To: ahill@interconnect.com.au (Anthony Hill) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 15:34:08 +1030 (CST) Cc: nate@sri.MT.net, ko-baba@kdd.co.jp, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Anthony Hill" at Mar 6, 96 09:49:37 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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 [[