On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:14:43 +0000, Dieter wrote:

> Having used NetBSD for many years now, the biggest problem I see
> with NetBSD is device drivers.

I don't perceive it, being quite satisfied with NetBSD hardware support,
but of course others may have different experiences.
 
> Can't talk to this device, no driver.  Can't talk to that device, no
> driver.
> 
> Even if there is a driver it is frequently buggy.  About the only thing
> that works reliably is SCSI.  Even a common ATA disk creates problems
> for seemingly unrelated devices.

The best you can do is to report such bugs.
 
> What would it take to create an interface that allowed linking
> in drivers from FreeBSD/OpenBSD/Linux/... ?

The Xen 2 work:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/netos/papers/2004-oasis-ngio.pdf could be what you
are searching for. I don't think that linking of Linux drivers directly to
NetBSD will be ever possible...

Bye	Pavel