bloodline wrote:
Linux can use Win32 drivers...
Click here
This technology is the way to go for all (x86) OS's :-)
BTW, it’s only for networking drivers (regarding Linux) not for the entire Window driver sets. In the area of networking; Linux X86 is doing OK without the NDIS wrapper. In terms of easy use (i.e. near idiot proof) in regards networking, nothing beats MS Win2K3 (due to overuse of Wizards) .
It would be nice to see Creative’s Audigy or NVidia’s Sound Storm software suite for the other OSes.
"NDIS** was developed by Microsoft and 3COM. Novell offers a similar device driver for NetWare called Open Data-Link Interface (ODI)" i.e. nothing original with MS/3COM’s implementation.
**The current NDIS version is at 6. Refer to
http://www.azius.com/kdev/course_05.php"DriverLoader" is at NDIS version 5.
Note that MS has contracted/outsourced dotNET framework Linux (assuming X86 and IA-64 edition) port to some third party company. Does anyone remember XENIX?
