Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:58:58 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: <danial_thom@yahoo.com>, "Dick Davies" <rasputnik@gmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD vs Linux Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMEFCFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060120203604.18166.qmail@web33312.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: Danial Thom [mailto:danial_thom@yahoo.com] >Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 12:36 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt; Dick Davies; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: RE: FreeBSD vs Linux > > > > >More rambling, useless points from Ted. Whether >its written from scratch or not is irrelevant. >The point is that in order to produce a windows >driver you have to buy the dev kit, Danial, do your homework next time. This isn't true. See the following: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/ddk/orderddkcd.mspx The cost of the Microsoft DDK is for shipping and handling only. (about $15) You don't have to buy it. Of course it works best with the MS C tools. People have also written Kernel Mode Drivers under the Windows Driver Model using gcc, see the following: http://www.reactos.org/xhtml/en/index.html There's also 3rd parties like the following: http://www.computer-solutions.co.uk/chipdev/windriver.htm who produce software that they claim will create drivers without the DDK >and MS >doesn't pay them to do it. > My point was that if you actually spend some serious coin on some decent hardware instead of the dumpster diving you seem to be recommending, Danial, that you won't find that many problems getting drivers for UNIX systems. Ted
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