> Xircom wont give documentation to anyone, not even on their dead obsolete
> products. Just avoid them. If you've got one then you can either try
> and reverse engineer it or sell it to a windows user
There are rumors that Xircom will provide developers kits with _full_
documentation (not only the bare chip descriptions what I got to write
the PCMCIA drivers). You will still have to sign an NDA about the
specs but you are allowed to write a GPLed driver.
My experience with Xircom's technical support is not very good and I
won't write any new drivers for their products even with the promised
better documentation. Save you a lot of trouble and keep your hands
off from Xircom products until they change their attitude.
BTW, the Xircom Ethernet cards do not have a very complicated design
so I think that Ethernet cards for CardBus or PCMCIA are a good
starting point for the free hardware project - much easier that the
Freedom CPU.
Werner
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