Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:24:41 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: nate@root.org Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin Makefile src/sys/modules Makefile src/sys/modules/if_ndis Makefile src/sys/modules/ndis Makefile src/sys/conf files.i386 src/sys/compat/ndis cfg_var.h ha Message-ID: <20031211.162441.96932883.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20031211144306.E50937@root.org> References: <20031211223455.1885916A5AD@hub.freebsd.org> <20031211144306.E50937@root.org>
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Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> writes:
: On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Bill Paul wrote:
: > FreeBSD src repository
: >
: > Modified files:
: > usr.sbin Makefile
: > sys/modules Makefile
: > sys/conf files.i386
: > share/man/man4/man4.i386 Makefile
: > Added files:
: > sys/modules/if_ndis Makefile
: > sys/modules/ndis Makefile
: > sys/compat/ndis cfg_var.h hal_var.h kern_ndis.c
: > ndis_var.h ntoskrnl_var.h pe_var.h
: > resource_var.h subr_hal.c subr_ndis.c
: > subr_ntoskrnl.c subr_pe.c
: > sys/dev/if_ndis if_ndis.c if_ndisvar.h
: > share/man/man4/man4.i386 ndis.4
: > Log:
: > Commit the first cut of Project Evil, also known as the NDISulator.
: >
: > Yes, it's what you think it is. Yes, you should run away now.
: >
: > This is a special compatibility module for allowing Windows NDIS
: > miniport network drivers to be used with FreeBSD/x86. This provides
: > _binary_ NDIS compatibility (not source): you can run NDIS driver
: > code, but you can't build it.
:
: Oh, and it would be excellent if someone would automate the process of
: extracting the .SYS and building the module based on the devd nomatch rule
: (or pciconf -l) and a supplied path to the CAB. Then you could just
: insert the driver cdrom or floppy and have the correct driver
: automatically built. It probably would be a port.
Now that's a whole new level of Evil. Of course, the CAB file has the
INF file that would let you write the matching devd rule :-)
/me flees while the fleeing is good.
Warner
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