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367 points sbt567 | 4 comments | | HN request time: 0.466s | source
1. 0xbadcafebee ◴[] No.44382197[source]
I want to run FreeBSD on my laptop, but they don't have a [complete] driver for my wifi card. I've thought about diving into AI coding-assistant agents just to see if I could use one to finish throwing together a working driver... but figuring out the AI agents is frictiony enough that I'm leaving it be. (I'm not a VSCode user)
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2. buildbot ◴[] No.44383860[source]
Claude code, being a CLI interface, might be more your style? Expensive though
3. fithisux ◴[] No.44385022[source]
AI can also be used to help reverse engineer blobs.
4. MobiusHorizons ◴[] No.44388129[source]
My understanding is that FreeBSD lacks the support for modern WiFi standards in any of its drivers, so it would be a significant effort of understanding the WiFi protocol in addition to understanding your specific device. That said, FreeBSD would be much easier to use on laptops if someone were to put in this effort