Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:29:28 +0000 From: Dieter <freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com> To: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [WISH] Linux kernel as drop-in replacement in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <200602081829.SAA13412@sopwith.solgatos.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Feb 2006 07:54:05 %2B0100." <20060208065405.GA11496@epia2.farid-hajji.net>
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> > > since Linux' support for some hardware is better than FreeBSD's, > > > it would be nice to have an *optional* way of running a FreeBSD > > > system (userland, including all third party programs) on top > > > of the Linux kernel. > > > > I'd prefer to have a way to use a Linux device driver with a > > BSD kernel. > > Of course, but if I understand drivers correctly, that would be > nearly impossible... unless the interface between linux device > drivers and the rest of the linux kernel consisted of a well > defined API (perhaps it does, I don't know). Basically, a driver > can access ANY data structure of the kernel, and that's why it's > not trivial to combine a Linux driver with the FreeBSD kernel. If the driver is loaded with "modprobe", wouldn't that have a well defined API?
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