From: becker@super.org (Donald J. Becker) Subject: Re: Xircom pocket adapter Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 17:24:57 GMT
In article <CD2n3L.1Aq@unix.portal.com>,
Karl Paul Mueller <karl@shell.portal.com> wrote:
>bilan@cps.msu.edu (Thomas J Bilan) writes:
>
>>I am running .99p12 kernel and I see that it's looking for a
>>d-link pocked adapter on the parallel port. I have a Xircom
>>parallel port eth. adapter that I would like (love) to use.
>
>>Does anyone know of a patch to get this little creature
>>running?
> We've just gotten Xircoms at our dorm (like 2 days ago) at
>UIUC. Unfortunatly, even after the ifconfig shows it all right the
>routering configuration just won't work. [...]
>Is it just that Xircom adaptors are too lame to work? We've had
>routing problems with pl12 with other cards too..
It's been repeated many times: Xircom will not release programming
information, and thus there won't be a Linux driver for any Xircom
product. But you should call them and ask for a Linux driver anyway.
Point out that it didn't say "for use with DOS only" in the
advertisement.
The same holds true for the Cabletron E21xx series, although
Cabletron may write a E21xx driver themselves. Or Cabletron may just be
saying that so that they don't lose current sales -- that's an old
trick in the proprietary game.
--Donald Becker becker@super.org IDA Supercomputing Research Center 17100 Science Drive, Bowie MD 20715 301-805-7482