[haiku-development] Re: Google Summer of Code 2008
- From: "Jonas Sundström" <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:20:04 +0100 CET
"Salvatore Benedetto" <emitrax@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 27/02/2008, Jonas Sundström <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/1863
> > Extend the FreeBSD compatibility layer beyond networking.
> >
>
> Are we sure this is a good solution?
>
> I thought that the network layer was only a temporary
> solution until native drivers were available on Haiku.
>
> How about instead start porting some drivers to Haiku
> without the layer? Just asking.
Can't the compatibility layer be considered an entry point
for device driver source from FreeBSD, where source can
be imported, and over time be rewritten as fully native
device drivers? And in the mean time provide more
hardware support.
/Jonas.
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