From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 22 21:13:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D75DD1065675 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:13:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ady@ady.ro) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F9F28FC14 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:13:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ady@ady.ro) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so328110yxb.13 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:13:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.144.16 with SMTP id r16mr564043wfd.184.1219439614931; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:13:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.80.3 with HTTP; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:13:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <78cb3d3f0808221413l3f733de6j6e970f857e7817dd@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:13:34 +0200 From: "Adrian Penisoara" Sender: ady@ady.ro To: lists@stringsutils.com In-Reply-To: <02be032c57653d45e20abd8bcac3d70a@stringsutils.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <78cb3d3f0808202351s2ff2aa04va6ba44cffb28cdf7@mail.gmail.com> <02be032c57653d45e20abd8bcac3d70a@stringsutils.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 79097f7c20c9fc50 Cc: baigsabeeh@gmail.com, freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xen Status X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:13:36 -0000 Hi, On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Francisco Reyes wrote: > On 2:51 am 08/21/08 "Adrian Penisoara" wrote: >> I agree with you that we need more virtualization offerings in order >> to keep the [Free]BSD platform interesting for the users. I guess > > I wrote to the FreeBSD foundation asking them if they were doing anything > about virtualization and their answer was that they has requested from the > community project suggestions for them to fund. Right, heard about budgeting for projects. Nice twist to get funded for such work -- maybe we could put something on the table, but we need strong references. > > I am thinking whether we should approach the developers in VirtualBox > (which I think was purchased by Sun..) and see if they have anyone what Correct, Sun bought the product and they are offering it as dual products (OSE sourcecode and xVM packaged binaries; note: xVM is free only for Personal Use / evaluation). > could work on a FreeBSD port and have the FreeBSD foundation pay for the > work. I for one would definitely donate to the FreeBSD foundation towards > virtualization work. > I seem to remember some discussions about people trying to work on this. If funding is also available then I guess there are more chances to get something finished. I will also lookup on this. Regards, Adrian.