Re: Anybody knows how to port PCI device drivers to OSX

FROM : Finlay Dobbie
DATE : Tue Dec 21 17:45:25 2004

You might get more help from the Darwin mailing lists (darwin-dev,
darwin-drivers, darwin-kernel on lists.apple.com).

-- Finlay



On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 06:06:49 +0900, BK [address used for mailing lists
only] <<email_removed>> wrote:
> Having done some GUI front ends for a Unix server application which has
> been ported to OSX I get a lot of email from people who ask about
> support for a certain driver.
>
> Many folks have suggested to organise a collection through some
> donation facility so that work on porting an existing open source
> driver for BSD to OSX could be sponsored. The demand seems to be there
> and I am happy to explore this further but I need to have an idea of
> who could and would do such work and how much we will need to shoot
> for.
>
> The hardware involved is a pretty vanilla PCI modem which is used in
> telephony applications on BSD and Linux. It's the driver that allows
> the card to be used outside of its intended purpose.
>
> If there is anybody with IOKit expertise who would like to consider
> such a port, please contact me off-list to discuss.
>
> rgds
> bk
>
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