On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 13:49 -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Mar 24, 2008, at 1:19 PM, David Kelly wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 02:26:23PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > >> I know I keep asking about drivers, but what about Mac drivers? I > >> understand that Mac osX is based fairly well on BSD, so would the > >> drivers be portable? > > > > Drivers for doing what? > > > >> This is all on a current project I'm working on... > > > > Go study the available Darwin code from > > http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/ > > This is good advice, but if you check this link and actually look at > the OSX drivers under there, you'll discover that they are generally > written in C++ using something called the I/O Kit, documented here: > > http://developer.apple.com/reference/HardwareDrivers/ > http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeviceDrivers/Conceptual/IOKitFundamentals > > > I believe you will discover many of the drivers in MacOS X came from > > FreeBSD. > > Not really, no. The OS X drivers originated from the Mach project at > CMU and NeXT Computer back in the early 90's [1], with a significant > rewrite by Apple after they acquired NeXT circa 1998 to add numerous > drivers to support Apple's hardware in particular. >
Thanks for the info guys- looks like I have to keep looking for a different solution. I do have another question but I will ask this in another thread. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
