Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:54:22 +0200 From: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: orlando@break.net, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bounty and timeline on vmware 5.x on FreeBSD 6.x Message-ID: <20070403145422.GA71212@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20070403120543.awgarosussowkwsc@webmail.leidinger.net> References: <20070401121154.O35599@kozubik.com> <20070402095502.ejpfl6sk4sokwo4c@webmail.leidinger.net> <20070402145854.F35599@kozubik.com> <20070403120543.awgarosussowkwsc@webmail.leidinger.net>
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> >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) > from -current (I can give a hint or two if someone is interested to do > this). After that determining what is needed by vmware would give a > hint where to proceed. a lot of work went into -current linuxulator and I think that trying to identify single change is not very productive. 7.0R is coming so I think we should just stick with 7.x linuxulator.... just my 2 cents as I am not the one who do the actual MFCes ;) roman
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