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." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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