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Date:      Sat, 5 Mar 2016 20:47:00 +0100
From:      =?UTF-8?Q?Bernhard_Fr=C3=B6hlich?= <decke@bluelife.at>
To:        Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br>
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Port: phpvirtualbox-4.3.2 & virtualbox-ose-4.3.36
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Am 05.03.2016 3:56 nachm. schrieb "Mario Lobo" <lobo@bsd.com.br>:
>
> On Sat, 5 Mar 2016 12:26:42 +0100
> Bernhard Fr=C3=B6hlich <decke@bluelife.at> wrote:
>
> > Am 05.03.2016 1:01 vorm. schrieb "Michael" <ma.zoon@quicknet.nl>:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I write this as I like to request a major upgrade for virtualbox
> > > related ports on freebsd.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Currently I face problems using the current ports with php70 port
> > compiled.
> > >
> > > I don't want to go back to port php56.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Those problems can easy be fixed when phpvirtualbox-4.3.2 gets an
> > > upgrade
> > to
> > > phpvirtualbox-5.0-5
> > >
> > > as it now support php7 out of the box.
> > >
> > > Please have a look:
> > > https://github.com/imoore76/phpvirtualbox/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.txt
> > > Changelog.
> > >
> > > But before upgrading, the new Virtualbox version must be upgraded
> > > also see https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Please can those ports be upgraded by someone for support of systems
> > running
> > > PHP 7?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Category www
> > >
> > > --------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > phpvirtualbox-4.3.2 needs an upgrade for support of php 7 and
> > > phpvirtualbox-5.0-5
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Category emulators
> > >
> > > --------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > virtualbox-ose-4.3.36 needs an upgrade for support of php 7 and
> > > phpvirtualbox-5.0-5
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > virtualbox-ose-additions-4.3.36  needs an upgrade for support of
> > > php 7 and phpvirtualbox-5.0-5
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > virtualbox-ose-kmod-4.3.36  needs an upgrade for support of php 7
> > > and phpvirtualbox-5.0-5
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you for all the work!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > With best regards,
> > >
> > > Michael
> >
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> > we know that we need to update vbox to 5.x but the sad truth is that
> > we do not have a reasonable stable version of it. The port builds but
> > the kernel module doesn't work properly so instead of breaking vbox
> > for all people we will just stay at the last stable version that we
> > have. phpvirtualbox is not backwards compatible so you have two
> > options:
> >
> > 1) help on vbox 5.x port
> > 2) create a phpvirtualbox patch for php7
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>
> Pardon for barging in the thread but I've been running VBox 5.0.8 with
> 4 VMs at my work since January without any problems (so far, at least)
>
> [~]>pkg info | grep virtual
> vde2-2.3.2_2                   User-mode virtual ethernet infrastructure
> virtualbox-ose-5.0.8           General-purpose full virtualizer
>
> [~]>ps ax
>   PID TT  STAT         TIME COMMAND
>   944  -  S        22:49.70 /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxXPCOMIPCD
>   952  -  S        66:11.24 /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSVC
>   934 v0- I      3065:24.90 /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxHeadless
> -startvm DBServer --vrde off 935 v0- I
> 13068:32.29 /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxHeadless -startvm WEBServer
> --vrde off 936 v0- I
> 8552:00.08 /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxHeadless -startvm EXTServer
> --vrde off
> 15004  0- S       451:17.91 /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxHeadless
> -startvm xDBServer --vrde off
>
>
> On my desktop, I'm on V 5.0.14, also without any problems.
>
> It's a fact that the VMs at work are for development but they are
> heavily used by the team.
>
> All FreeBSDs mentioned above are 10.2 STABLE.
>
> Of course, in all these cases, I adapted the port to compile and test.
>
> When you say "the kernel module doesn't work properly", what exactly do
> you mean?

Then why don't you submit them as a PR? The version that I have tested and
seen last time was an early 5.0 and that easily paniced kernels. Might be
that this has been fixed in the meantime but let's find out.

At least we could do a broader call for testers to get a better overview of
where we are.



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