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Date:      Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:42:41 +0100
From:      Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: linux program with kernel module
Message-ID:  <1363297361.3685.32.camel@archlinux>
In-Reply-To: <5100adb0.7659bc7d.5142366e.438ea@lajt.hu>
References:  <5100adb0.7659bc7d.5142366e.438ea@lajt.hu>

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On Thu, 2013-03-14 at 21:43 +0100, Istvan Gabor wrote:
> Can it run linux programs that have their own (linux) kernel module?
> If yes, how can I install such program, and how can I load the kernel module?
> 
> (If I know correctly nvidia drivers have their own kernel modules, and FreeBSD can
> run linux nvidia drivers).

Yesno.

You need to compile kernel modules to fit to the version of FreeBSD or
Linux.

I also call user space "FreeBSD" and "Linux", but it's _not_ correct to
do it. FreeBSD is a kernel and Linux is a kernel, not the whole system
is called Linux or FreeBSD and both kernels are available in different
versions.

To compile a module you need to install the kernel headers of the same
version as the kernel.

The module quasi is the driver.




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