Convert Windows driver via ndisgen

[Jerry]

On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:36:35 +0000
Paul <onemda at gmail.com> articulated:

> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Jerry <freebsd.user at seibercom.net>
> wrote:
> > Apparently, FreeBSD does not have a driver for a Linksys WUSB600N
> > network adapter. I was thinking of using the ndisgen utility to
> > create a driver via the WinXP version. I have three questions.
> >
> > 1) The WinXP driver was for an x386 machine. I have a
> > FreeBSD-8/amd64 PC. From man NDIS(4):
> >
> > "Note that this means the ndis driver is only useful on x86
> > machines."
> >
> > Am I therefore to assume that even if I do convert the Windows
> > Driver to FreeBSD form, it will not work?
> 
> You can not use 32bit driver on 64bit OS, NDISulator will panic (I
> have patch for that if anybody is interested in comitting it).

OK, suppose I get the 64bit Windows driver. Could I convert that to one
FreeBSD could use?

Why can't you submit the patch yourself?

> >
> > 2) If I do successfully extract the driver, is there any way that I
> > can have it compiled directly into the kernel as opposed to having
> > it loaded via kldload?
> 
> It is possible but not practical.

Why? It would seem like a natural extension of the entire process.

-- 
Jerry
FreeBSD.user at seibercom.net

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