Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 12:50:56 -0500 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Realtek RTL8191SEvB Linux driver? Message-ID: <20120103125056.62b171e7@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.1201031101580.7621@age7.nber.org> References: <CAFpTYWM3ppJsVo-qZC=OXWHW1U5zAt3y5m==6hFw3JQNH%2B5NAg@mail.gmail.com> <4F02A3CE.7020404@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120103071028.4964dd33@scorpio> <4F030E00.5020806@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <Pine.GSO.4.64.1201031101580.7621@age7.nber.org>
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On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 11:10:39 -0500 (EST) Daniel Feenberg articulated: > > > On Wed, 4 Jan 2012, Da Rock wrote: > > > On 01/03/12 22:10, Jerry wrote: > >> On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:44:30 +1000 > >> Da Rock articulated: > >> > >>> On 01/03/12 11:15, Jeffrey McFadden wrote: > > > Jerry, there are so many things that are so wrong and so un-pc in > > this statement that it is more than ridiculous. But we will ignore > > the political/religious sentiments and try to stick to the > > technical. > > > > Winblows, Mac, Linux, BSD, others APIs are like cheese and chalk > > (although Mac is a closer relative than any other). By your logic > > we should be getting Winblows drivers to work on BSD. > > > > Don't ndis(4) ndiscvt and ndisgen(8) essentially accomplish what the > OP is requesting? See the handbook section 12.8.1.1: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html > > or the man page for ndiscvt: > > http://www.gsp.com/cgi-bin/man.cgi?section=8&topic=ndiscvt > > > While doing the conversion looks a bit beyond what we would expect of > an end-user, it does seem to offer a path for using hardware whose > manufacturer does not support FreeBSD. Is there anything beyond > licensing issues preventing such drivers from being included in the > distribution, or made downloadable in FreeBSD form? This is a start in the right direction, but by no means an end to it. While it does work for some devices, I have tried using it on several wireless "N" devices for example with total failure. It also doesn't work at all for printer/scanner/fax/etcetera drivers. A unified API would eliminate all of this bullshit and make the setting up of and the maintenance of a system imminently easier. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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