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On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:50:00 -0800
Thomas D. Dean wrote:


> I guess this means there is no "native FreeBSD AMD64" driver, but,
> linux emulation of a driver.  Or, do I mis-understand linux emulation?

The driver *is* a 64 bit native driver. The linux support is there so
linux binaries can get the hardware support that native applications
get. As has already been mentioned, it's optional.