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.
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.
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