Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 23:44:34 -0500 (EST) From: bubba bubba <bubba@server1.netpath.net> To: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> Cc: Anthony Hill <ahill@interconnect.com.au>, Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>, ko-baba@kdd.co.jp, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Xircom Pocket ether adapter Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960305234135.25125B-100000@server1.netpath.net> In-Reply-To: <199603052254.PAA25268@rocky.sri.MT.net>
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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 ? > > BSDI doesn't release the source code to their driver for the same > reasons we can't get source code. Xircom will *NOT* allow the > programming specifications to be public, even with propriatary systems > like BSDi. > > > Nate > Would it be possible to use their driver and just link it ? Or are the kernel internals too different ? Also on a side note, I saw a message in the linux list that XIRCOM said they would supply Linux drivers with new products. (If this means source there may be hope, at least for new products ) --Bubba
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