Using a Linux Driver?

[John Mahlman IV]

Hey all,

 

I just switched my hackintosh back to windows xp because I need wireless, i never realized how often I used it. Anyway, I know for a fact that my wireless card works in Linux (mandriva and possibly others), if I find a linux driver, I can recompile it for mac os correct? It's called a "toshiba wireless lan" mini-pci card, it's an agere chipset.

 

If so, How do I do something like that?

 

I go to a friggin tech school, but no mac os users that know around here, all linux and windows.

 

Thanks all, any help is appreciated!

[fireshark]

no you cant straight across recompile

[Guest bikedude880]

In order to compile it on OS X, you would basically have to completely re-write the driver. The ones for Linux have an enormous amount of dependencies that would be very difficult to implement. You could try looking for a BSD version of the driver, but there are no gaurantees that if you find it that it will even work.

[DaemonES]

Forget about Linux and BSD drivers. Some parts of IOKit even much more similar to Windows (such as user/kernel communication). You need to write driver from the scratch or port an existing one. GL.

[tralla]

Hey all,

 

I just switched my hackintosh back to windows xp because I need wireless, i never realized how often I used it. Anyway, I know for a fact that my wireless card works in Linux (mandriva and possibly others), if I find a linux driver, I can recompile it for mac os correct? It's called a "toshiba wireless lan" mini-pci card, it's an agere chipset.

 

If so, How do I do something like that?

John, Any luck with the driver? I got a Toshiba laptop, everything works fine (even the 1440x900 LCD) with 10.4.6 except for the wireless driver. It's a Toshiba Wireless LAN Mini PCI card as you said.

 

Let me know.