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Subject: Re: The future of NetBSD
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> Even at the kernel level?  Look at device drivers and vendors as one 
> example ... companies like adaptec have to write *one* device driver, for, 
> what, 50+ distributions of linux ... for us, they need to write one for 
> FreeBSD, one for NetBSD, one for OpenBSD, and *now* one for DragonflyBSD 
> ... if we had *at least* a common API for that sort of stuff, it might be 
> asier to get support at the vendor level, no?

Sure, support as a .o file, ready to link against a unique API. Just
what Atheros delivers already. That's not something all BSD projects are
willing to accept.

Miod