hi i need to run XP driver in Linux. how can i do this ?? is this possible to import these drivers in Linux using Wine ?? or there is any other way? these drivers are not found in Linux bydefault. kindly give me suggestion /guidence in this regard. Regards
Sorry, Wine does not in general support windows drivers, as we already told you. What is the driver for?
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:54 AM, pieterparker17 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> hi > i need to run XP driver in Linux. how can i do this ?? is this possible to import these drivers in Linux using Wine ?? or there is any other way? > these drivers are not found in Linux bydefault. kindly give me suggestion /guidence in this regard.Simple answer: Wine cannot. Complex answer: Wine is a user space application and by default drivers for Linux run at the kernel level. Linux will NOT allow user space applications t load kernel level drivers. Windows handles this differently as it loads drivers into a location between a user application and the kernel. You can Google for this information and get a graphical representation of what happens between programs, drivers and the operating system kernel for both Linux and Windows. James McKenzie
This is a customized usb driver. i have run my application(exe file) in Linux using Wine, but the application is not running since there is a problem. the driver is missing. i want to ask that ,is this possible to add the driver in the Winelib, which contains different drivers ?? Another important question is that, if i somehow manage to make a required driver in Linux , then whether Wine will detect it or not ?? Or in other words ,any driver in Linux can be accessed to wine ?? kindly help me in this regard. i dont have strong background in Linux. Regards
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/ndiswrapper/index.php?title=Category:USB Best hope for an existing system that might load a windows driver in a way the Linux kernel will accept without having to create a Linux driver. At the price the windows driver might bring your complete system to a halt. All options the best options are build a driver or find a driver that already exists for the device on Linux. And if its a driver you wrote yourself port it to libusb.org