Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 9th May 2007 21:58 UTC, submitted by Pier Luigi Fiorini
"Thanks to the work of one of the most active code contributors lately, Hugo Santos, Haiku is getting a generic FreeBSD network driver compatibility layer that will allow FreeBSD network drivers to be compiled and used in Haiku with few, if any changes. At the time of this writing, not only has Hugo committed the compatibility layer to the Haiku tree, but he has also succeeded in building two FreeBSD drivers (if_em/Intel Pro 1000 and if_le/PCNet) which are now capable of running in Haiku."
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RE[3]: This is great news!
by umccullough on Thu 10th May 2007 01:42
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umccullough wrote:
I could be wrong, however, and maybe Hugo broke all that logic out into a separate code library instead.
ormandj wrote:
I'm hoping it's the latter. Hacking the kernel to emulate FreeBSD behavior sounds "bad".
It was the latter - I was confused because at least one change was made to the kernel and then apparently undone shortly afterward in the interest of NOT changing it.
So everything is bundled up in a compatibility library that the drivers link against! Neat 
RE[3]: This is great news!
by Haicube on Thu 10th May 2007 04:37
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Member since:2005-08-06
Haiku really needs some firm marketing direction now, that's the one thing they are sorely lacking.
I have to disagree here I'm afraid. AFAICT there is a big demand, this very instant, for Haiku. this demand surpasses any number of people actally using BeOS by far. So marketing would be at a later stage I'd say
RE[4]: This is great news!
by ormandj on Thu 10th May 2007 06:35
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I have to disagree here I'm afraid. AFAICT there is a big demand, this very instant, for Haiku. this demand surpasses any number of people actally using BeOS by far. So marketing would be at a later stage I'd say
I was more specifically talking about marketing to developers.
I don't see that many devs flocking to Haiku at the current point in time.
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I'm hoping it's the latter. Hacking the kernel to emulate FreeBSD behavior sounds "bad". I see this as more of a temporary step to get basic networking up and running for a large amount of people in the short term, while driver developers work on doing ports to native drivers for Haiku. I don't like the idea of hacking something to death just to have a quick "fix".
Perhaps I'll stop by tonight and see if Hugo is around to ask.
I do agree with your comments about native builds inside of Haiku. I really do think, however, the network functionality is what was holding back a larger number of people from using Haiku. I know it's what has kept me from actively using it.
The stability fixes and such should be "helped" along once people start testing the system in more numbers. HOPEFULLY more developers will jump on board as well, to help with the additional bug reports/feature suggestions.
Haiku really needs some firm marketing direction now, that's the one thing they are sorely lacking. They keep having really impressive breakthroughs/milestones, but the only reporting is ad-hoc. I haven't seen any push for developers either, and that's what they REALLY need.
Edited 2007-05-09 23:59 UTC