Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 07:54:05 +0100 From: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Dieter <freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [WISH] Linux kernel as drop-in replacement in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20060208065405.GA11496@epia2.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <200602072253.WAA00382@sopwith.solgatos.com> References: <200602072253.WAA00382@sopwith.solgatos.com>
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On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 02:53:57PM +0000, Dieter wrote: > > since Linux' support for some hardware is better than FreeBSD's, > > it would be nice to have an *optional* way of running a FreeBSD > > system (userland, including all third party programs) on top > > of the Linux kernel. > > I'd prefer to have a way to use a Linux device driver with a > BSD kernel. Of course, but if I understand drivers correctly, that would be nearly impossible... unless the interface between linux device drivers and the rest of the linux kernel consisted of a well defined API (perhaps it does, I don't know). Basically, a driver can access ANY data structure of the kernel, and that's why it's not trivial to combine a Linux driver with the FreeBSD kernel. Thanks, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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