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Date:      Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:11:37 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Carl Makin <carl@xena.ipaustralia.gov.au>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Running Linux kernel modules.
Message-ID:  <20010111151137.L7240@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101120948180.85255-100000@newton.aipo.gov.au>; from carl@xena.ipaustralia.gov.au on Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 09:51:18AM %2B1100
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101120948180.85255-100000@newton.aipo.gov.au>

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* Carl Makin <carl@xena.ipaustralia.gov.au> [010111 14:52] wrote:
> 
> There are a couple of linux kernel modules that I'd love to run under
> FreeBSD.  I've always assumed that I'd have to rewrite them substantially
> to make that happen.
> 
> Can anyone give me some pointers on how hard it could be to port a linux
> kernel module to FreeBSD?

Depends on how familiar you are with kernel internals, for instance
after taking a quick look at the kernel module needed to run vmware
it was pretty clear that someone with the experience and time could
have it done in under a week, about 2 weeks later some maniac ( :) )
surfaced who had done just that.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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