Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 21:59:45 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: "Charles N. Owens" <charles.n.owens@enc.edu> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New /dev/rtc driver for vmware Message-ID: <20040127214912.T1121@odysseus.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <40168D1D.8040105@enc.edu> References: <20040124151131.I29927@odysseus.silby.com> <20040125160052.GB620@einstein.lab><40168D1D.8040105@enc.edu>
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Charles N. Owens wrote: > Mke, > > Thanks for you work on this! > > I have a few minor questions: > > 1. how tricky will it be to get device node cloning to work (item #2 > on your todo list)? Any idea when this might happen? > 2. Does your new rtc work well under FreeBSD 4.x (4.9 to be > specific)? With 4.x can it be used with multiple guests right > now? (via manual mknod'ing of additional /dev/rtc* entriies, I'm > guessing) > > Charles The new rtc should work fine on 4.x, at least for one guest. I can't give a good estimate on when I'll have device cloning implemented or whether mknoding additional nodes works, because I really don't understand the cloning situation well yet. :) I'll be posting a slightly updated version that works at hz != 1000 in the next two days or so, either way. Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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