On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 07:43:15AM -0500, David Leimbach wrote: > >However the idea is that all GPL infected stuff be isolated, allowing a > >fully working kernel without GPL stuff in there. > > Sounds like a "kernel module" is the way to go then. Perhaps it could > exist in the ports tree instead of the mainline kernel sources :). I > know I'd be happy with that... the problem is hosting the driver since > I am sure "patching" it won't be enough to map the linux innards to > freebsd's. Depending on the functionality the driver provides, and the kernel API's it uses; having it as a port may be impractical. The driver probably needs to change with the kernel and that is hard to handle as a port.Received on Tue May 27 2003 - 09:40:50 UTC
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