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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:04:18 +0000
From: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
To: Kris Tilford <ktilford@aol.com>
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Subject: Re: ASIX AX88172 & OS X?
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On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 04:26:18AM -0600, Kris Tilford wrote:
> I assume your FreeBSD driver could be easily ported to OS X, I could=20
[snip]

Nope. MacOS X and FreeBSD are completely different in this area. It uses
a driver API known as IOKit. Your best bet is to look for driver support
=66rom the manufacturer.

Regards,
BMS