Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 21:17:40 -0500 From: taxman <taxman@acd.net> To: Lars Eighner <eighner@io.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to make a linux binary run on FreeBSD Message-ID: <200303172117.41004.taxman@acd.net> In-Reply-To: <20030316223031.P1576@pearl.io.com> References: <20030316082949.Y572@pearl.io.com> <200303161337.00677.taxman@acd.net> <20030316223031.P1576@pearl.io.com>
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On Sunday 16 March 2003 11:33 pm, Lars Eighner wrote: > On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, taxman wrote: > > This seems pretty clear. The linuix syscall that this program uses > > is not supported on FreeBSD. The linux binary compatibility is > > pretty good for userland binaries and so forth. But any time you > > get into hardware, you're stepping closer into that 10% of linux > > code that will not run on FreeBSD. > > > > It seems your only option would be to port that source code to > > FreeBSD, and use the right syscalls. Try an email to -hackers to > > see if anybody has any ideas on that. > > > > Personally given how cheap a simple working videocard can be, ($10 > > used) I don't know if I would beat my head against a wall to try to > > get it working. But if you want to experiment for fun, then by all > > means don't let me discourage. > > Well, I'm glad to hear money grows on trees where you are. I never siad that. Actually what I'm assuming is that your time is valuable. I don't know what economy you live in but my guess is tha it would not take you many hours of work to make more money to pay for the card, than it would cost you to try to figure out how to get this piece of software working. As a business decison it likely makes sense to get a different card. > Yet another piece of hardware that I can't use after playing > FreeBSD roulette - and linux compatibility is yet another > tout that turns out to be bullshit. No one said that linux compatibility works perfectly for every bit of code. Read the applicable handbook section, and it clearly says it does not work for everything. So the only bs is your attitude, that something given to you for free should also cater to all of your needs. You'll probably be a lot less frustrated if you dont assume it should be perfect. What you're forgetting here is that FreeBSD is written by volunteers. There is no guarantee it will work for you. If you choose not to use it because of that, so be it. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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