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Re: OS X

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:17 am
by Shawn
What's the difference between an OSX kext and a Linux driver?
Since they both use a Unix "source code" could a Linux driver be modded to work in OSX?

Re: OS X

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:00 am
by kode-niner
With the source code you might be able to port hardware drivers from Linux to OSX's version of BSD but it would take some in-depth knowledge of both platforms. Depending on the complexity of the driver you might end up putting in as much work into it that re-writing it from scratch would seem like a better idea.

Re: OS X

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:27 am
by Shawn
Interesting.
We are using hackintosh OSX Niresh 10.7.3 v2
The 2 big drivers/kexts we are missing is audio and the PATA optical on a CF52 mk2 This is the 13.3 touchscreen model CF52GUNxxxx