Re: got drivers?

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Dieter wrote:

> Having used NetBSD for many years now, the biggest problem I see
> with NetBSD is device drivers.
>
> Can't talk to this device, no driver.  Can't talk to that device,
> no driver.
>
> Even if there is a driver it is frequently buggy.  About the only thing
> that works reliably is SCSI.  Even a common ATA disk creates problems
> for seemingly unrelated devices.

Be sure to report your errors with good details.

I have used a variety of different NetBSD versions on a variety of
different hardware over the past several years -- and its hardware support
has been great for me!

> What would it take to create an interface that allowed linking
> in drivers from FreeBSD/OpenBSD/Linux/... ?


 Jeremy C. Reed

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