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I have hardware that is plug and play in linux, opensuse 11.1. How do I compile these things to work in osx 10.5.6 from linux? Thank you in advance for your help.
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Posted 03 January 2009 - 03:10 PM
lemmy01
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You cannot compile linux drivers on osx!
maybe someone could port them to osx .
linux and osx have a different drivermodell so just new compile did not work
maybe someone could port them to osx .
linux and osx have a different drivermodell so just new compile did not work
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Posted 07 January 2009 - 04:05 PM
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I was searching for atheros AR81 family driver for OSX and found nothing except linux drives, does enyine know how to port a driver to OSX? I know devices are open for access in linux, like common files, but I have never written anything under OSX, is there any experienced developer knowing how to do that?
p.s. sorry for my broken English
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Posted 10 January 2009 - 03:22 PM
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No.
Mac OS X -> Darwin -> FreeBSD
Just because systems are Unix-like and use ls/grep/pwd, doesn't mean they are cross-compatible. Mac OS X is in the vein of true Unix systems along with Solaris/AIX/HP-UX/FreeBSD (to a lesser extent). Linux is based very loosely on these, and can hardly be considered a Unix system. It'd be much easier to port FreeBSD drivers to Mac OS X, but even then it's still a huge endeavor.
Now, that being said, Mac OS X has a full set of APIs, and Atheros' drivers are completely open source, so everything you need is there, and you're more than welcome to get writing the drivers!
Mac OS X -> Darwin -> FreeBSD
Just because systems are Unix-like and use ls/grep/pwd, doesn't mean they are cross-compatible. Mac OS X is in the vein of true Unix systems along with Solaris/AIX/HP-UX/FreeBSD (to a lesser extent). Linux is based very loosely on these, and can hardly be considered a Unix system. It'd be much easier to port FreeBSD drivers to Mac OS X, but even then it's still a huge endeavor.
Now, that being said, Mac OS X has a full set of APIs, and Atheros' drivers are completely open source, so everything you need is there, and you're more than welcome to get writing the drivers!
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Posted 19 January 2009 - 05:51 AM
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Have a question about compiling your own drivers, is there a guide that provides the needed base libraries to go about such a task? I posted this earlier:
http://forum.insanel...o...d=1047099
And they have a FreeBSD driver source included in the download so it may not be such a terrible task to port these over, also the smalltree drivers provide a good model to look at. I'd like to get support for my Intel PRO/1000 PT (82572EI chipset) so I can use that for all my OSes and not use the realtek at all.
http://forum.insanel...o...d=1047099
And they have a FreeBSD driver source included in the download so it may not be such a terrible task to port these over, also the smalltree drivers provide a good model to look at. I'd like to get support for my Intel PRO/1000 PT (82572EI chipset) so I can use that for all my OSes and not use the realtek at all.
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