Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:13:35 -0400 From: Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Convert Windows driver via ndisgen Message-ID: <20100429081335.13ebfe74@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <s2x3a142e751004290436t4adcfb0em986f82bdb778155b@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100429070033.0f61e542@scorpio.seibercom.net> <s2x3a142e751004290436t4adcfb0em986f82bdb778155b@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:36:35 +0000 Paul <onemda@gmail.com> articulated: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net> > wrote: > > Apparently, FreeBSD does not have a driver for a Linksys WUSB600N > > network adapter. I was thinking of using the ndisgen utility to > > create a driver via the WinXP version. I have three questions. > > > > 1) The WinXP driver was for an x386 machine. I have a > > FreeBSD-8/amd64 PC. From man NDIS(4): > > > > "Note that this means the ndis driver is only useful on x86 > > machines." > > > > Am I therefore to assume that even if I do convert the Windows > > Driver to FreeBSD form, it will not work? > > You can not use 32bit driver on 64bit OS, NDISulator will panic (I > have patch for that if anybody is interested in comitting it). OK, suppose I get the 64bit Windows driver. Could I convert that to one FreeBSD could use? Why can't you submit the patch yourself? > > > > 2) If I do successfully extract the driver, is there any way that I > > can have it compiled directly into the kernel as opposed to having > > it loaded via kldload? > > It is possible but not practical. Why? It would seem like a natural extension of the entire process. -- Jerry FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers.
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