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Date:      03 Mar 2005 16:44:11 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        "bob wireless internet evdo & wifi hotspot guy" <bob@evdo-coverage.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: driver recompiler or translator for evdo and hsdpa
Message-ID:  <44d5ug8kwk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <012501c51e80$8f6c6520$6601a8c0@XR10295>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050228170544.5974L-100000@fledge.watson.org> <200502281133.44659.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> <42241A21.9010709@uni-mainz.de> <012501c51e80$8f6c6520$6601a8c0@XR10295>

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"bob wireless internet evdo & wifi hotspot guy" <bob@evdo-coverage.com> writes:

> Lemme start by admitting i am NOT a programmer... and the APPLE OS is the
> most i know about unix.. that said (go easy on me  :o)
> 
> is it possible to make a translation program that takes drivers and just
> ports them over to other OS's?  i have many EVDO and HSDPA products comming
> out and want a quick way to make them freebsd or linux compatible...

Not in general, but see 
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ndis&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-RELEASE+and+Ports
and
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html#AEN37825

You also may find a volunteer willing to write a driver in return for
a donation of the card in question.



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