Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:23:46 +0100 From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> To: FreeBSD Current list <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vmnet.ko missing - but it's there! - vmware and crashes Message-ID: <20040722122346.GB27559@lb.tenfour> In-Reply-To: <p0611042dbd24c03d5927@[128.113.24.47]> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040721115940.56342A-100000@fledge.watson.org> <p0611042dbd24c03d5927@[128.113.24.47]>
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* Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> [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
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