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There is reuse, for example iwm(4) is based on the Linux driver and pulls from it. But the process is manual, not like the Linux-KPI graphics and OFED stuff.
by kev009 10y ago
There is reuse, for example iwm(4) is based on the Linux driver and pulls from it. But the process is manual, not like the Linux-KPI graphics and OFED stuff.
It would be great if Intel stepped up to the plate and helped.
- crudbug 10y agoI was thinking about a common driver interface similar to POSIX standard would solve the problem of multiple OS device support on a single hardware platform. There was an effort for Uniform Driver Interface (UDI)[0], looks like it is dormant. [0] http://wiki.osdev.org/Uniform_Driver_Interface http://wiki.osdev.org/Uniform_Driver_Interface
- kev009 10y agoPeople will probably wrinkle their forehead :) but NDIS is that and a lot of operating systems support it https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ndis&sektion=4&manpath=freebsd-release-ports https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ndis&sektion=4&man...