From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 14 14:34:10 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 968A816A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:34:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail5.speakeasy.net (mail5.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65F4F43D45 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:34:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 30710 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2004 21:34:08 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 14 Apr 2004 21:34:08 -0000 Received: from 10.50.40.205 (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3ELXidx001938; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:33:57 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: Augusto Castelan Carlson Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:24:49 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <4072AF32.9060506@npd.ufsc.br> <200404071315.17154.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <40745DB7.9060202@npd.ufsc.br> In-Reply-To: <40745DB7.9060202@npd.ufsc.br> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200404141624.49043.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on server.baldwin.cx cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NICs not reconized - FreeBSD 4.9 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:34:10 -0000 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 <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org