From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 16 21:12:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA08063 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 16 May 1996 21:12:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA08058 for ; Thu, 16 May 1996 21:12:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id VAA17058 for ; Thu, 16 May 1996 21:12:04 -0700 Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA25691; Thu, 16 May 1996 22:09:09 -0600 Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 22:09:09 -0600 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199605170409.WAA25691@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: Terry Lambert Cc: nate@sri.MT.net (Nate Williams), kevin@NDA.COM, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: xircom hardware specs In-Reply-To: <199605170132.SAA18419@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <199605170031.SAA25091@rocky.sri.MT.net> <199605170132.SAA18419@phaeton.artisoft.com> Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > i'm using an nec versa 2200c laptop with a xircom ethernet+modem > > > pcmcia card. no drivers available. > > > > Nope, because Xircom won't release the specs. w/out an NDA. > > > > > i sent email to xircom customer support and was informed that they > > > would release the specs to interested developers. is anyone pursuing > > > this? > > > > Nope, because signing an NDA means the source can't be distributed if a > > driver is written. > > Actually, the PCMCIA Xircom cards work with the PCMCIA support code, > according to the last posting to comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc. I thought it was you that posted it, but obviously not. And, that posting is *wrong*. (Actually, the Xircom modem works with some hacks that were removed due to Xircom's policies.) Hosokawa doesn't even want to support Xircom given the plethora of 'decent' companies out there. Nate