Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:14:29 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: lorenl@alzatex.com (Loren M. Lang) Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Subject: Re: Linux kernel on FreeBSD Message-ID: <200412101914.iBAJEUr22808@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20041210180023.GA32210@alzatex.com> from "Loren M. Lang" at Dec 10, 2004 10:00:24 AM
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> > On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 12:16:49PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > > > Jeff Lawlor wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 09:07, Ruben de Groot wrote: > > > > > > > >>On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 08:49:50AM -0600, Jeff Lawlor typed: > > > >> > > > >>>For programs that require linux kernel source code what about copying > > > >>>the linux kernel source files from a linux box on to the FreeBSD > > > >>>machine? Has anyone tried this? > > > >> > > > >>Please name 1 program that requires linux kernel source code to run. > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > Cisco VPN. > > > > > > Port: vpnc-0.3.2 > > > Path: /usr/ports/security/vpnc > > > Info: Client for Cisco 3000 VPN Concentrator > > > Maint: delta@lackas.net > > > B-deps: expat-1.95.8 gettext-0.13.1_1 gmake-3.80_2 libgcrypt-1.2.0_1 > > > libgpg-error-1.0_1 libiconv-1.9.2_1 perl-5.8.5 > > > R-deps: expat-1.95.8 gettext-0.13.1_1 libgcrypt-1.2.0_1 > > > libgpg-error-1.0_1 libiconv-1.9.2_1 perl-5.8.5 > > > > > > > > > This one? I have no idea what this thread is about, but that's in ports. > > > Wouldn't Linux emulation work anyway? > > > > I think it was sort of a newbie question from someone who has yet to > > learn about ports and also the Linux emulation available in FreeBSD. > > First, I don't consider myself a newbie, but I do have a lot less > experience with freebsd than linux. I think this thread got additional questions dropped in. > > Then they did not seem to know about the vpnc (or other stuff) already in > > ports to perform the function[s] they want. I have to admit, searching > > /usr/ports can be a bit time consuming and tedius if you get started on > > a wrong track. > > I never brought up vpnc or anything about vpns, that was someone else, Someone did and I responded to that. > but I did mention the freebsd kernel seems to be lacking some hw support > that linux does not, and that's a much harder problem to fix then trying > to get linux software to run on freebsd. There isn't really any > replacement in ports that I can find for my realtek card or my sony > clie, both of which were given to me, not specifically my choice. That was a different response. Probably someone 'borrowed' this thread so it was getting responded to in two different ways, I didn't pay close attention to which thread was which, but rather commented on the immediate question. ////jerry > > > > > Anyway, hopefully, you have enlightened them. > > > > ////jerry > > -- > I sense much NT in you. > NT leads to Bluescreen. > Bluescreen leads to downtime. > Downtime leads to suffering. > NT is the path to the darkside. > Powerful Unix is. > > Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc > Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C > > >
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