On Mon, 15 May 2000, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 06:04:22PM +0200, Richard PLOIX wrote:
> > hello,
> > i have a riscpc arm32 NetBSD-1.4.1, and a compac contura i386 NetBSD-1.4.1.
> > i have no network card, i need to know if xircom are used with NetBSD?
> > if yes, how to use xircom?
> 
> If it's free source then you should be able to compile it but it doesn't seem
> to be in the list of packages. I'm not sure what xircom does but if you
> have a null modem cable between your machines then I would set up pppd instead.
> This way you'll have a full IP connection between the 2 machines.

In my last tinkerings with Linux a few years back, I seem to remember that
Linux could support certain Xircom adapters.  They ran over the parallel
port, though - I've never seen one which fits onto the serial port.

Anywhoo, if that unit is a parallel Xircom, then we should be able to take
a look at the Linux drivers and write a driver (if they're clear enough
about what's going on).  The problem there is usually 1) finding someone
to write the driver, and 2) finding someone to test it...

Hope this helps,

-Jon
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