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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Mon,  6 Jul 2009 23:50:14 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] my ts7200 port
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On Mon Jul  6 19:41:36 EDT 2009, jrm8005@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:37 PM, ron minnich<rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I just ported the linux driver
>
> I'm interested in how hard this is, and how it might be made easier.

that depends.  i've found that porting a driver or working backwards
from an example is often harder than just writing a new driver.
this is because the hard part is understanding how the hardware works,
not in coding that knowledge up.  and unfortunately, looking at a
linux driver hasn't been very instructive to me.

i'm sure one could create a compatability layer for certain driver types
along the lines of ndiswrapper.  but given the instability of linux
internal interfaces, this might be finished about the same time as
duke nukem forever.

- erik