From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 14 14:43:17 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3C4D567B for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:43:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-f43.google.com (mail-qa0-f43.google.com [209.85.216.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E6B1C1E44 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:43:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f43.google.com with SMTP id o15so18215723qap.16 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:43:10 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:references:from:content-type:in-reply-to :message-id:date:to:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=is/mFhvPDnR641c5XwpNnXF27oihW7bZy/G/4EPK0pk=; b=bzTYiE80yYW+Jn+dARRqEdPUYSmo+CgLGuNjcsQZKUnA7F0Vmfg9HP4WSBFohbqHSS sBn9JG/lLH0a0nD9YJqMC1o0AuG2vIAyV5FKbG9CendLRyUQO5KhxkDqDhQ1X96o/INc t7gYs9B+r0CCc+fJBzsmKWg+Nyr8sNJGaDSNM9teabjx/KpzjIsy222XfBDJqEVkRiV9 9uWegQbEXvN/4pIWbgb5QMcdGsIuSImgP5cOgDec0mmYNLNhQ7VsDnuGApRfAQG8pRzr 1789O8fy+S1sRkJtyiAPalGv+uxg0aFBQFijjvXHODv/tOjne0rEok9kEkpnRntn+uYz eudg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmXqBPHU6wGUhIjKOdSzd+tPh7jKWp9iAL6cOe/whpW+0vDW0YZd3cpc7xFxij6vez6StI8 X-Received: by 10.229.118.4 with SMTP id t4mr13616876qcq.9.1392388990401; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:43:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from [97.251.168.225] (225.sub-97-251-168.myvzw.com. [97.251.168.225]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id u1sm6526876qac.1.2014.02.14.06.43.08 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:43:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10 on VMWare in a corporate network; How? References: <0ac901cf2437$458837b0$d098a710$@FreeBSD.org> <773DBB2B-D421-44DB-848F-E4B7A9238085@gmail.com> <20140208203859.b6a9c4f555b7e8301541e676@mimar.rs> <1392385745.4914.83410473.135CDC76@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Mark Saad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (11B554a) In-Reply-To: <1392385745.4914.83410473.135CDC76@webmail.messagingengine.com> Message-Id: <28B68434-113E-4ABA-931E-3DAB666A2BA5@longcount.org> Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:43:08 -0500 To: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:43:17 -0000 > On Feb 14, 2014, at 8:49 AM, Mark Felder wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 >> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014, at 13:38, Marko Cupa=C4=87 wrote: >> First of all, I wouldn't go with 10-RELEASE, as it is not officially >> supported. Go for 9.2-RELEASE amd64 or expect all kinds of problems. >=20 > "FreeBSD" is "not officially supported" by VMWare. Trust me. We threw > $60,000 at them and they still wouldn't acknowledge bugs. I couldn't > even find an engineer that knew what FreeBSD was! >=20 So you need to remind the engineers at VMware their parent company EMC uses a= nd sells things based on FreeBSD. Mainly Isilon and spectra logic as well as= other things .=20 > Plus you have to consider that we don't even know what version of ESXi > he's working with in the first place. According to their OS support > matrix, FreeBSD 9.2 is only "supported" on ESXi 5.5. >=20 > http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=3D= software&partner=3D109&testConfigurations=3D16&page=3D1&display_interval=3D1= 0&sortColumn=3DPartner&sortOrder=3DAsc&testConfig=3D16 > ______________________________________________ If we , all of the VMware users who use FreeBSD on esxi , work out a good se= t I notes for using VMware esxi + FreeBSD and work up a good page on wiki.f= reebsd.org; we can make some of the users have a better experience and we c= an help EMC / VMware with support as a Side effect .=20 Anyone interested in helping ?=20 --/ Mark Saad=20=