Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:56:37 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox <kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> To: <wilddragon@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing an Unsupported Driver Message-ID: <20031022095637.4d606b08.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> In-Reply-To: <20031021164147.PKJS17519.lakemtao03.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net> References: <20031021164147.PKJS17519.lakemtao03.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net>
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On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:41:46 -0400 <wilddragon@cox.net> wrote: > I have an old HP J2575 10/100 ethernet card that does not seem to be supported > by FreeBSD. I found a driver for it on the Debian Linus web site. > > Can I install the Debian driver in FreeBSD, or must I switch to Debian to make > this particular machine useful? > > If I can install a new driver in FreeBSD, any hint of a direction to the > appropriate documentation would be appreciated. 1: FreeBSD is not linux. 2: linux kernel modules do not work on linux compat, which only does binaries.
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