On Tuesday 27 May 2003 08:43, David Leimbach wrote: > On Tuesday, May 27, 2003, at 07:36 AM, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 02:35:41PM +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote: > >> On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 07:28:29AM -0500, David Leimbach wrote: > >>> I have the GPLd source to the nforce drivers for Linux > >>> to support the nVidia nforce and nforce2 drivers in the kernel. > >>> > >>> To port these to FreeBSD would be an interesting task [if it hasn't > >>> already been done] and I have been looking for an excuse to get > >>> down and dirty with FBSD. > >>> [Yes... talk is cheap... just do it... Nike-a-go-go etc etc... :)] > >>> > >>> What is the policy on drivers that are clearly going to have to be > >>> GPLd by the viral clause since I am referencing a GPL driver to do > >>> the > >>> porting work myself? Are these allowed in the kernel? > > > > Yes, see for example the GPL_ed floating point emulator. > > > > 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. Get someone to pair with you and do a clean-room implementation. One of you studies the GPL'd driver and writes a specification. The other writes a BSD-licensed driver from the specification, BUT NEVER ONCE LOOKS AT THE GPL'D SOURCE. Virus removed. -- Chris BeHanna http://www.pennasoft.com Principal Consultant PennaSoft Corporation chris_at_pennasoft.comReceived on Tue May 27 2003 - 14:49:10 UTC
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