Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 15:54:37 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: Anthony Hill <ahill@interconnect.com.au> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>, ko-baba@kdd.co.jp, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xircom Pocket ether adapter Message-ID: <199603052254.PAA25268@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960306094631.13562A-100000@tulpi.interconnect.com.au> References: <199603051610.JAA23532@rocky.sri.MT.net> <Pine.BSI.3.91.960306094631.13562A-100000@tulpi.interconnect.com.au>
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> > > 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
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