Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 13:06:17 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: aydun <aydun@ntlworld.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiling Linux modem drivers on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20031128210617.GA87144@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3FC7012F.1040900@ntlworld.com> References: <3FC7012F.1040900@ntlworld.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 08:02:55AM +0000, aydun wrote: > Hi, > > I've ended up with a SmartLink PCI softmodem (SmartPCI561). SmartLink > provide some drivers for Linux which apparently are quite good at > ftp://ftp.smlink.com/linux/unsupported/ > > This comes as some source code and some object files with needs to > compiled against a kernel source tree - which looks simple enough on Linux. > > I have the linux_base port installed on FreeBSD 4.9. I don't have a > Linux kernel source tree, but is it just a matter of compiling against > the Linux kernel source and linking the Linux libraries? > > Even assuming it does compile, what are the chances of it actually working? Zero, without changes to turn it into a FreeBSD driver. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/x7jJWry0BWjoQKURAnQNAKDMv1ruj78Y2vPDsE2EuU2qX0qEWACgrPbo OQfT+53W5M/Ek5IrBSEEeTY= =baW/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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