Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:05:43 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: John Kozubik <john@kozubik.com> Cc: orlando@break.net, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bounty and timeline on vmware 5.x on FreeBSD 6.x Message-ID: <20070403120543.awgarosussowkwsc@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20070402145854.F35599@kozubik.com> References: <20070401121154.O35599@kozubik.com> <20070402095502.ejpfl6sk4sokwo4c@webmail.leidinger.net> <20070402145854.F35599@kozubik.com>
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Quoting John Kozubik <john@kozubik.com> (from Mon, 2 Apr 2007 15:00:47 =20 -0700 (PDT)): > > Alexander, > > On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > >> Quoting John Kozubik <john@kozubik.com> (from Sun, 1 Apr 2007 12:34:34 >> -0700 (PDT)): >> >> > Is there anyone out there that has the time, expertise and background t= o >> > implement Vmware workstation 5.x on FreeBSD 6.x, in as good (or better)= a >> > fashion as 3.x on FreeBSD 4.x was circa 2001-2002 ? >> >> Do you know if vmware 5.x runs on Linux 2.4.x? If it does not run >> there, it will not run on FreeBSD 6.x. It may run on -current, we are >> working on improving the linuxulator there. There are no plans to >> merge the 2.6.x emulation (far from complete or bugfree ATM) to 6.x. > > > > Vmware 5.5.3 will run with Linux kernel 2.4.x. [1] In fact, it appears to > run on 2.2 as well. A first try would be to backport some bugfixes (e.g. the mmap() fixes) =20 from -current (I can give a hint or two if someone is interested to do =20 this). After that determining what is needed by vmware would give a =20 hint where to proceed. Bye, Alexander. --=20 And you can't get any Watney's Red Barrel, because the bars close every time you're thirsty... http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137
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