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Date:      Mon, 10 Dec 2001 23:22:59 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Dave <dave@hawk-systems.com>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: FreeBSD as multiple line RAS < perle pci-ras?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10112102321030.16331-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNIEOOKLAA.dave@hawk-systems.com>

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On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Dave wrote:

...
> vendor doesn't have a clue about FreeBSD compatibility, however there
> are Linux drivers... was thinking about trying to run under Linux
> compat.
...

  Linux device drivers aren't going to work under FreeBSD.  Something that
access the hardware directly is going to require low-level access,
something a user-mode program can't do easily, or in a portable
emulatable sort of way.

Tom


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