Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 18:32:50 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: nate@sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Cc: kevin@NDA.COM, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: xircom hardware specs Message-ID: <199605170132.SAA18419@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199605170031.SAA25091@rocky.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at May 16, 96 06:31:45 pm
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> > 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. What doesn't work is the Parallel port interfaces, and I think that's where the NDA is needed. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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