Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 09:10:41 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: xavian anderson macpherson <professional3d@home.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: installing freebsd from windows nt without using boot disks Message-ID: <XFMail.001201091041.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <00d101c05b66$0acd4370$40461418@salem1.or.home.com>
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On 01-Dec-00 xavian anderson macpherson wrote: > why is it so difficult to use the linux driver as the starting point for > freebsd? two different versions of linux (suse and mandrake) that i have > used work just fine (as would undoubtedly all the others as well). if > freebsd is so adept at using linux components, why is it so difficult to > port all of the linux drivers to freebsd? heaven forbid, is this an > admitted shortcoming? Porting the driver involves time testing it as well, and apparently no one _with_ the hardware either a) has the skill or b) has the desire to port the driver. The way stuff gets done in FreeBSD (since it is a _volunteer_ project) is that people add drivers/fix bugs/etc. for things that they need to get their real jobs done or for things that they personally need. If you wanted to sit down and port the driver that would be great. That is how a volunteer project works. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.Baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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