Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 15:44:31 -0500 From: Jay Erickson <Jay.Erickson@ibm.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> Subject: Driver support Message-ID: <33EE282F.BA7F8731@ibm.net> References: <199708070022.SAA26973@xmission.xmission.com>
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On Wed 6 Aug. 97 @ 7:22 pm Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC wrote: > Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD. > FreeBSD has more limited hardware support, but not much more limited. > Most devices for which a Linux device driver is available in SOURCE > CODE get adopted into FreeBSD fairly quickly; for somebody who knows > FreeBSD drivers, building a FreeBSD driver from a Linux driver is > a straightforward task. The same is true of drivers from NetBSD and > OpenBSD. > > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com Well I could use a driver for the NCR 53c710 EISA SCSI controller. I hear it's not the greatest card, but it's the built in controller in COMPAQ's Proliant series. Unfortunately
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