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Date:      Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:50:29 -0600
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net>
To:        FreeBSD_Questions FreeBSD_Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD vs Linux
Message-ID:  <0B63BC1C-4926-45BC-84B9-A884B2AD1180@HiWAAY.net>
In-Reply-To: <3f1760601171431w3e97636fo@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <3040838B-3C5C-4505-926F-524ABE1B6B15@shire.net> <20060117220235.5886D43D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <20060117222555.GA21956@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <3f1760601171431w3e97636fo@mail.gmail.com>

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On Jan 17, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Dick Davies wrote:

> On 17/01/06, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> wrote:
>
>> Someone has an unsupported sound card with a Linux example. All the
>> tough details about the hardware are spelled out in the Linux driver.
>> Plenty of FreeBSD drivers have been ported to Linux and vice versa.
>
>
> Danger Will Robinson! The GPL can make Linux -> FreeBSD
> copying^W inspiration very tricksy indeed.

Its a road already traveled. See: /usr/src/sys/gnu/dev/sound/pci/

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.




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