Can these *bsd flavours indeed use some cheap PC PCI cards? Any experiences?
I would think most would work.
Interesting, so, in theory with OSX being another *BSD flavour running on macs, it should be possible also to use these PC PCI cards under OSX?
Many people assume that because OS X uses many parts of FreeBSD as part of it's "underneath" structure, that FreeBSD drivers will work. Not so.
OS X uses a mach kernel with a BSD personality, it does not use a BSD kernel.
Additionally, OS X uses a completely different driver model ( I/O Kit ) from either any *BSD flavor or Linux. Drivers for specific hardware have to be specifically written for OS X, so *BSD or Linux drivers will not work.
Or has OSX a way to force us using the more expensive "OSX compatible" hardware?
Apple has provided a fairly good range of drivers for OS X ( some are not included with the Darwin distribution ), so many non-Apple cards do work on OS X.
One thing to watch out for when trying PCI cards in Power PC hardware ( no matter the OS ) is some cards have firmware that only works on one platform ( x86 ).
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