Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:41:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@yumyumyum.org> To: Rohit Panda <prohit99@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can linux drivers run on freebsd ?? Message-ID: <20020807114004.L4711-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> In-Reply-To: <20020807151914.23084.qmail@web12802.mail.yahoo.com>
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> i guess iam asking a bit too much.iam aware of the linux emulation layer > in FreeBSD.That means programs (binaries) compiled on Linux will run on > FreeBSD without doing anything.Is it possible that i can use a Linux > driver in binary form in FreeBSD,because i dont have the sources and so > cannot recompile it on the FreeBSD system.Or if u can think of any way > out. No, this isn't possible. Linux drivers will not work on FreeBSD. If you had source, it'd be fairly easy to port the drivers, but I guess you can't do that since you don't have the source code. Ken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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