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Date:      Sat, 7 Sep 2013 11:06:44 +0400
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r255323 - in head/sys: amd64/conf i386/conf
Message-ID:  <20130907070644.GP4574@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAGaYwLcV8hS%2Bk_B2xozcqfdz5TcJ%2BgyN=6whO8wJ_6puW1_njg@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <201309062024.r86KOMqm059838@svn.freebsd.org> <CAGaYwLcV8hS%2Bk_B2xozcqfdz5TcJ%2BgyN=6whO8wJ_6puW1_njg@mail.gmail.com>

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On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 03:46:11PM -0500, Bryan Venteicher wrote:
B> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@freebsd.org> wrote:
B> 
B> > Author: bryanv
B> > Date: Fri Sep  6 20:24:21 2013
B> > New Revision: 255323
B> > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/255323
B> >
B> > Log:
B> >   Add vmx device to the i386 and amd64 NOTES files
B> >
B> >
B> FWIW - I'm on the fence about adding vmx to GENERIC for 10.0. IIRC,
B> VMware's vmxnet3 driver returns BUS_PROBE_VENDOR so the two drivers should
B> coexist. This is assuming VMware updates the driver for 10 ... which I'm
B> guessing isn't likely and was a large reason I added this driver in the
B> first place.
B> 
B> LMK if anybody has strong thoughts either way.

May be it is worth providing a special kernel config for VMware environment?

When GENERIC is booted in vmware it has a load of stuff that would be
never used. And if a GENERIC with vmx is booted on hardware, vmx won't
be ever used.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.



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