From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 11 23:16:45 2004 Return-Path: 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 B87F016A4CF for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 23:16:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hosea.tallye.com (joel.tallye.com [216.99.199.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF55C43D2F for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 23:16:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lorenl@alzatex.com) Received: from hosea.tallye.com (hosea.tallye.com [127.0.0.1]) by hosea.tallye.com (8.12.8/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iBBNGgYs023997 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 11 Dec 2004 15:16:42 -0800 Received: (from sttng359@localhost) by hosea.tallye.com (8.12.8/8.12.10/Submit) id iBBNGfVP023995; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 15:16:41 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: hosea.tallye.com: sttng359 set sender to lorenl@alzatex.com using -f Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 15:16:41 -0800 From: "Loren M. Lang" To: Jeff Lawlor Message-ID: <20041211231641.GE16539@alzatex.com> References: <20041210082138.GF32126@alzatex.com> <1102690190.565.35.camel@ist-lawloj-fbsd53-r.vhaist.med.va.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1102690190.565.35.camel@ist-lawloj-fbsd53-r.vhaist.med.va.gov> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc X-GPG-Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C cc: Eric Kjeldergaard cc: "Loren M. Lang" cc: FreeBSD Mailing list Subject: Re: Linux kernel on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 23:16:45 -0000 On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 08:49:50AM -0600, Jeff Lawlor wrote: > For programs that require linux kernel source code what about copying > the linux kernel source files from a linux box on to the FreeBSD > machine? Has anyone tried this? This make make it compile, but it does not mean it will work. For example, if the program requires the kernel headers to define the ioctls used for V4L2, it may now compile under freebsd, but the device file won't know what to do with that ioctl and fail, assuming the device file even exists. > > > On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 07:48, Eric Kjeldergaard wrote: > > > Also, I've found the > > > Netfilter firewall in Linux to be, IMHO, a little better designed than > > > ipfilter or ipfw in freebsd, and it definetely has more features than > > > those two freebsd firewalls. > > > > Which features? Is there something I'm missing with the firewalls > > available in FreeBSD? -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C