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If itll work on linux/bsd, will it work on os x?
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<blockquote data-quote="technologist" data-source="post: 104015" data-attributes="member: 4134"><p>Almost certainly not.</p><p></p><p>OS X resembles BSD (and Linux) on one level, but is actually based on Mach. It has BSD APIs, so most application programmers can treat OS X like BSD. But drivers are a completely different matter. Between the Mach vs. Linux/BSD differences, and the hardware differences, you'd probably be better off writing the drivers from scratch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="technologist, post: 104015, member: 4134"] Almost certainly not. OS X resembles BSD (and Linux) on one level, but is actually based on Mach. It has BSD APIs, so most application programmers can treat OS X like BSD. But drivers are a completely different matter. Between the Mach vs. Linux/BSD differences, and the hardware differences, you'd probably be better off writing the drivers from scratch. [/QUOTE]
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If itll work on linux/bsd, will it work on os x?
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