Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:49:45 -0700 From: "Gayn Winters" <gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Intel Macs, FreeBSD, and drivers Message-ID: <00fd01c66aca$9efff370$6501a8c0@workdog>
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The consensus of the group is that FreeBSD should run fine on an Intel Mac. I'm interested in the time lag between the availability of drivers on an Intel Mac and on FreeBSD. Question1: If there is a driver for a device that works on an Intel Mac (under OS X), will that driver work under FreeBSD? For example, suppose a very new Intel Mac has a new disk controller, is there some process by which we can get its driver into FreeBSD? E.g. via a download from either Apple or the chip set vendor? Question2: Can we expect the volume of Intel Macs to improve (shorten) the time delay between the existence of new hardware and the availability of supporting drivers on FreeBSD? Thanks, -gayn Bristol Systems Inc. 714/532-6776 www.bristolsystems.com
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