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Date:      Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:00:48 -0400
From:      Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz>
To:        Ahmad Zulkarnain <alsemo@celcom.net.my>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Compiling Linux Driver under FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20040715100048.cccco80k4s0o4osw@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz>
In-Reply-To: <40F66A82.9010502@celcom.net.my>
References:  <40F66A82.9010502@celcom.net.my>

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Quoting Ahmad Zulkarnain <alsemo@celcom.net.my>:

> Hi guys!
>
> I'm a newbie runnin FreeBSD 5.2.1 on Clevo M22ES laptop. Sorry if my
> question has been asked before. I have a built-in SmartLink modem (SiS
> chipset) and I grabbed myself the official linux driver from their
> website. Can I just compile the driver in FreeBSD? I'll be glad if
> someone can point a howto sites fer it.
>
> Thanks in advance.
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What you want to do can't be done. The best you can do really is port the
driver. The kernel internals/driver apis are totally different between linux
and FreeBSD.

Ken



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