From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 3 20:12:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA11664 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 20:12:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA11652 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 20:12:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) id MAA15811; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 12:42:01 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980604124201.R22406@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 12:42:01 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Brian McGovern , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using BSDI .o files... References: <199806031550.LAA02344@bmcgover-pc.cisco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199806031550.LAA02344@bmcgover-pc.cisco.com>; from Brian McGovern on Wed, Jun 03, 1998 at 11:50:32AM -0400 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 3 June 1998 at 11:50:32 -0400, Brian McGovern wrote: > Ok. Here is a weird scenario. We're a FreeBSD shop here at Cisco (well, at > least OUR lab is). We got a peice of equipment from Equinox that works as > an ISA bus extender. They have BSDI drivers, that they ship in the form > of a handful of .o files. Unfortunately, they aren't modules, so I can't > just modload them. However, is there any way I can try hacking them in to > a kernel to see if I can get the card working? Or am I SOL? I'd say you're SOL. BSDI is very close to FreeBSD, but it's not the same thing, so even an LKM wouldn't help much. Can't you use your name to get access to the source? You might find it advantageous to discuss this sort of matter on -hackers. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message