From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 22 12:23:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81CB916A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:23:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 9.hellooperator.net (cpc3-cdif2-3-0-cust202.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.103.32.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 289CB43D39 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:23:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rasputin@hellooperator.net) Received: from rasputin by 9.hellooperator.net with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Bncby-0005UX-Rr for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:23:46 +0100 Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:23:46 +0100 From: Dick Davies To: FreeBSD Current list Message-ID: <20040722122346.GB27559@lb.tenfour> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: Rasputin Subject: Re: vmnet.ko missing - but it's there! - vmware and crashes X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Dick Davies List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:23:48 -0000 * Garance A Drosihn [0759 01:59]: > At 12:01 PM -0400 7/21/04, Robert Watson wrote: > > > >I've been wondering if we shouldn't bring the VMware modules into > >the base source tree for some time -- the license is probably an > >issue, but VMware is a valuable tool for development, and I'm > >amazed at how frequently and accurately I shoot my feet due to > >stale versions of the module ... > > It would be great to have more reliable support for VMware, as > it can be a very helpful tool. I am also hopeful that the guys > at http://www.serenityvirtual.com/ will eventually get to their > virtual-machine product, which is supposed to run natively under > FreeBSD. Right now they're still in the beta-version process, > and they have not started to beta-test the product which will > run with FreeBSD as the host OS. (perhaps they're waiting for > 5.3-stable... :-). > > Right now my solution is to keep running VMware 2 on my > freebsd 4.10-system. Neither of those are changing much, so > that works well enough for my purposes. But if I had an option > which would reliably work on a 5.x-system, that would be very > helpful. I know we're veering OT here, but are there any plans to support Xen? http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/ It seems like an promising alternative to vmware or jails for shared hosting environments... -- People often find it easier to be a result of the past than a cause of the future. Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns