Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 02:02:48 +0400 From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Macs, FreeBSD, and drivers Message-ID: <cb5206420604291502u1f6be985o965dda66436fd1ab@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <00fd01c66aca$9efff370$6501a8c0@workdog> References: <00fd01c66aca$9efff370$6501a8c0@workdog>
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On 4/28/06, Gayn Winters <gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com> wrote: > The consensus of the group is that FreeBSD should run fine on an Intel > Mac. I'm interested in the time lag between the availability of drivers > on an Intel Mac and on FreeBSD. > > Question1: If there is a driver for a device that works on an Intel Mac > (under OS X), will that driver work under FreeBSD? For example, suppose > a very new Intel Mac has a new disk controller, is there some process by > which we can get its driver into FreeBSD? E.g. via a download from > either Apple or the chip set vendor? Nope, the kernels are not that similar. Porting might be a short way in many cases, but we don't live in a world where all drivers/specs are open. > Question2: Can we expect the volume of Intel Macs to improve (shorten) > the time delay between the existence of new hardware and the > availability of supporting drivers on FreeBSD? FreeBSD usually target popular hardware. So, basically, yes - the more Macs, the better support.
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