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Date:      Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:24:41 -0700 (MST)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        nate@root.org
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin Makefile src/sys/modules Makefile src/sys/modules/if_ndis Makefile src/sys/modules/ndis Makefile src/sys/conf files.i386 src/sys/compat/ndis cfg_var.h ha
Message-ID:  <20031211.162441.96932883.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20031211144306.E50937@root.org>
References:  <20031211223455.1885916A5AD@hub.freebsd.org> <20031211144306.E50937@root.org>

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In message: <20031211144306.E50937@root.org>
            Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> writes:
: On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Bill Paul wrote:
: >   FreeBSD src repository
: >
: >   Modified files:
: >     usr.sbin             Makefile
: >     sys/modules          Makefile
: >     sys/conf             files.i386
: >     share/man/man4/man4.i386 Makefile
: >   Added files:
: >     sys/modules/if_ndis  Makefile
: >     sys/modules/ndis     Makefile
: >     sys/compat/ndis      cfg_var.h hal_var.h kern_ndis.c
: >                          ndis_var.h ntoskrnl_var.h pe_var.h
: >                          resource_var.h subr_hal.c subr_ndis.c
: >                          subr_ntoskrnl.c subr_pe.c
: >     sys/dev/if_ndis      if_ndis.c if_ndisvar.h
: >     share/man/man4/man4.i386 ndis.4
: >   Log:
: >   Commit the first cut of Project Evil, also known as the NDISulator.
: >
: >   Yes, it's what you think it is. Yes, you should run away now.
: >
: >   This is a special compatibility module for allowing Windows NDIS
: >   miniport network drivers to be used with FreeBSD/x86. This provides
: >   _binary_ NDIS compatibility (not source): you can run NDIS driver
: >   code, but you can't build it.
: 
: Oh, and it would be excellent if someone would automate the process of
: extracting the .SYS and building the module based on the devd nomatch rule
: (or pciconf -l) and a supplied path to the CAB.  Then you could just
: insert the driver cdrom or floppy and have the correct driver
: automatically built.  It probably would be a port.

Now that's a whole new level of Evil.  Of course, the CAB file has the
INF file that would let you write the matching devd rule :-)

/me flees while the fleeing is good.

Warner



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