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FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook, so AI built one for me

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Re: FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook, so AI built one for me

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Post by h4kunamata »

tokyobreakfast wrote: post #8
iknowstuff wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t think Apple is any different than any other vendor who doesn’t bother releasing Linux drivers? support for most devices depends on the community creating them no? If you’re a macOS fanboy presumably you don’t care about Linux support.

> any different than any other vendor who doesn’t bother releasing Linux drivers Which has dwindled in number so much as to practically not be problem anymore. There is even a Linux-only or Linux-first attitude with some vendors. Buying Apple to run Linux borders on stupidity nowadays because of the vast better options fit for purpose. Like buying a gasoline vehicle then complaining it can't run on diesel. It wasn't…

THANK YOU!!!!!!

Re: FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook, so AI built one for me

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Post by kombine »

iknowstuff wrote: post #5
h4kunamata wrote: post #3

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I don’t think Apple is any different than any other vendor who doesn’t bother releasing Linux drivers? support for most devices depends on the community creating them no? If you’re a macOS fanboy presumably you don’t care about Linux support.

Most vendors are different from Apple in that they don't have their own OS and software ecosystem that is in direct competition with Linux.

Re: FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook, so AI built one for me

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Post by ulf-77723 »

Software is still eating the world, now even faster. I wonder how soon we will adapt to this new situation where software is vibe coded for anything and make use of this software without caution as expressed in the article.

For most people the main difference will be: Will it run and solve my problem? Soon we will see malware being put into vibe coded software - who will wants to check every commit for write-only software?

Re: FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook, so AI built one for me

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Post by ahoka »

petcat wrote: post #2

I feel like ubiquitous hardware support in every OS is going to be a solved problem soon. We're very close to just being able to set an AI coding agent to brute-force a driver for anything. The hardware designer would have to go well out of their way to obfuscate the interface if they really wanted to forbid it, instead of just not bothering to support an OS like BSD or Linux.

That pesky GPL does not stop us anymore, cool.

Re: FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook, so AI built one for me

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Post by diath »

petcat wrote: post #2

I feel like ubiquitous hardware support in every OS is going to be a solved problem soon. We're very close to just being able to set an AI coding agent to brute-force a driver for anything. The hardware designer would have to go well out of their way to obfuscate the interface if they really wanted to forbid it, instead of just not bothering to support an OS like BSD or Linux.

The primary reason why it worked is because Claude could rip off the Linux driver. Without any prior work to rely on, how will the AI figure out proprietary hardware?

Re: FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook, so AI built one for me

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Post by Gigachad »

petcat wrote: post #2

I feel like ubiquitous hardware support in every OS is going to be a solved problem soon. We're very close to just being able to set an AI coding agent to brute-force a driver for anything. The hardware designer would have to go well out of their way to obfuscate the interface if they really wanted to forbid it, instead of just not bothering to support an OS like BSD or Linux.

Maybe one day, but it doesn't look like we are very close yet. From the OP article, they handed it the working linux driver and asked it to just make this FreeBSD compatible, but it could not. Looks like it took OP a significant amount of work over 2 months to get something that seems to work.

What is interesting is it seems like the work resembles regular management, asking for a written specification, proof reading, etc.

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Post by estimator7292 »

petcat wrote: post #2

I feel like ubiquitous hardware support in every OS is going to be a solved problem soon. We're very close to just being able to set an AI coding agent to brute-force a driver for anything. The hardware designer would have to go well out of their way to obfuscate the interface if they really wanted to forbid it, instead of just not bothering to support an OS like BSD or Linux.

Drivers can be anywhere from so trivial you can throw it together by hand in an afternoon to so complex that it requires an entire engineering team six months of concentrated effort.
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