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Date:      Sat, 15 Aug 2020 23:59:09 +0200
From:      zerous <zerous@nocebo.space>
To:        Niclas Zeising <zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se>
Cc:        net@freebsd.org;, freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Add support for building Linux-only network drivers
Message-ID:  <20200815215909.GA22866@mcp.nocebo.space>
In-Reply-To: <23f13fd1-e8eb-0a66-03cc-9caf26208e7b@daemonic.se>
References:  <20200724070128.GD21738@mcp.nocebo.space> <23f13fd1-e8eb-0a66-03cc-9caf26208e7b@daemonic.se>

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On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 07:42:32PM +0200, Niclas Zeising wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> The Linux compatibility layer, aka Linuxolator, is for running userland
> Linux binaries on FreeBSD.  I think what you're looking for is the Linux
> KPI, or lkpi.  I believe Mellanox network card drivers are using this, and I
> know the drm-kmod graphics drivers are.  This might be a starting point for
> you.

Hi,

I was just wondering if I could find more documentation about
linuxolator. I have been reading up "FreeBSD Device Drivers" and I
think it will help me in understanding network drivers, but I couldn't
find much information on the linux kernel api other than a blog on
drm-kmod (setup).

	Naveen



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