*BSD : a script to check GPU/wlan compatibility card under linux?

hd99

hello

i want to know if there is a sort of existing script whom runs on linux, can determine easily if the GPU and wlan card of the computer, might be compatible with free/net/open/bsd?

it's a bit complicated to plug-off a *bsd system hard drive, and to put it on another computer just to check the compatibility of the components..

does a such way exists?

thanks you!

rvp

hd99 does a such way exists?

On thinking this over some more, I think you could search BSD hardware to see if your HW works with the BSDs. The script which gathers all this data might also be useful.

Another place to look is dmesgd.

kc9udx

Couldn't you boot from a removable device?

remiliascarlet

There is no such a script that can magically tell you whether hardware is supported on an OS you're not currently running.

The only way to truly know is to just run a BSD from a live USB.
For FreeBSD you can boot up NomadBSD, which is FreeBSD with X and Xfce pre-configured, but as a live environment only.
For OpenBSD you can boot up FuguIta, which is OpenBSD with fvwm pre-enabled, but as a live environment only.
No idea about a NetBSD counterpart to this, but it probably exists.

But if it works on these, then it'll definitely work on upstream as well.