On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 09:45:52AM -0500, Adam Stroud wrote: > I have been using both Open and Free BSD for a few years. Here is a > Quick question about FreeBSD and the use of third party closed source > binary drivers (known as "blob" to the OpenBSD community). I was just > doing some reading on the OpenBSD website about their views on third > closed source drivers (they are completely against them). Are the > FreeBSD developers/community also against the use of closed drivers?
Most people involved with open source projects dislike closed drivers, and FreeBSD are no exception here. FreeBSD does however tend to take a somewhat more pragmatic approach then the OpenBSD people do, and do not absolutely refuse to use binary-only drivers if that is the only option available. > Are these type of drivers currently being used in FreeBSD? Yes. hptmv(4), nve(4) and ath_hal(4) are examples of drivers where a significant portion of the driver is only available as binary "blob." > Any > comments/pointers to relevant information would be greatly appreciated. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
