From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 7 11: 3: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF84737B400 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:02:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web20705.mail.yahoo.com (web20705.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.226.178]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A73E343E75 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:02:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from edlyu@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20020807180259.61526.qmail@web20705.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [64.124.70.190] by web20705.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:02:59 PDT Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:02:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Ed Yu Subject: Re: can linux drivers run on freebsd ?? To: Rohit Panda , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <20020807151914.23084.qmail@web12802.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Most likely not. I'm porting a kernel module and even when I have the source it takes a lot of work. -ed --- Rohit Panda wrote: > > hi, > > i guess iam asking a bit too much.iam aware of the > linux emulation layer in FreeBSD.That means programs > (binaries) compiled on Linux will run on FreeBSD > without doing anything.Is it possible that i can use > a Linux driver in binary form in FreeBSD,because i > dont have the sources and so cannot recompile it on > the FreeBSD system.Or if u can think of any way out. > > any help will be highly appreciated. > > thanks > > rohit > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message