From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 20 09:17:05 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D71D1106566B for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:17:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from punosevac@math.arizona.edu) Received: from smtp224.math.arizona.edu (smtp224.math.arizona.edu [128.196.224.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C43A58FC13 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:17:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from punosevac@math.arizona.edu) Received: from Debian-exim by smtp224.math.arizona.edu with local-bsmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JcGtR-0001KQ-9M for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:17:05 -0700 Received: from 71-220-166-120.tcsn.qwest.net ([71.220.166.120] helo=.domain.actdsltmp) by smtp224.math.arizona.edu with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JcGtM-0001K7-Ks; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:16:56 -0700 Message-ID: <47E22B84.3090702@math.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:16:52 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070916) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Da Rock References: <1205980623.27757.35.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20080320085002.F8385@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <1206003571.27757.58.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <1206003571.27757.58.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ACL-Warn: The HELO/EHLO greeting .domain.actdsltmp is invalid X-Outgoing-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux emulation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:17:06 -0000 Da Rock wrote: > On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 08:50 +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >>> I've read the handbook and just about anything on linux compat under >>> freebsd. I am particularly interested in drivers under linux compat. >>> >> emulation allows execution of normal linux programs, not drivers >> > > Ok. So input devices won't work either? I refer to this page here: > http://people.freebsd.org/~3d/apps/games/unreal_tournament/ > > What is the driver mentioned here? > > Incidentally, what is the difference between linux and bsd drivers? They are written for different kernels! > The > drivers in question are manufacturers binaries for linux in an RPM; > hence the question. Plus I came across several notations regarding > building or using drivers from linux in bsd (linux-kmod-compat port, the > above link, and more). > > For reference I'm merely very curious, not argumentative on this. Cheers > for any answers offered. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >