Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:24:49 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Augusto Castelan Carlson <carlson@npd.ufsc.br> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NICs not reconized - FreeBSD 4.9 Message-ID: <200404141624.49043.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <40745DB7.9060202@npd.ufsc.br> References: <4072AF32.9060506@npd.ufsc.br> <200404071315.17154.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <40745DB7.9060202@npd.ufsc.br>
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On Wednesday 07 April 2004 03:59 pm, Augusto Castelan Carlson wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: > >> I know that they work on > >>FreeBSD 5.2.1, but the application that I'm intend to use only works on > >>version 4.x. > > > > Note that you can run 4.x binaries on a 5.x system so long as you install > > the compat4x distribution. > > I'm using CoralReef from CAIDA. I compiled the application, and the > kernel with ATM interface drivers. Can I get the ATM interface driver > sources and add it to de FreeBSD 5.2.1 kernel compilation? It will be > compatible? Can I copy CoralReef libs to FreeBSD 5.2.1 too? That I don't know since I am not familiar with he CoralReef software. I do know that userland binaries should work fine, but kernel code will require some sort of porting, and binary kernel modules from 4.x will not work on 5.x. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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