Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:28:39 +0300 From: Vladimir Grebenschikov <vova@fbsd.ru> To: Orlando Bassotto <orlando@break.net> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware 4.5.2 Message-ID: <1106818119.50275.1.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20050103164711.3629A1D8F13@supertolla.itapac.net> References: <20050103164711.3629A1D8F13@supertolla.itapac.net>
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otto =D0=C9=DB=C5=D4:=20 > Hi there :) >=20 > I'm glad to announce the success porting of vmware 4. (that is 4.5.2=20 > build 8848) >=20 > You will find a diff to vmmon sources on my website > http://www.break.net/orlando/vmware4/ >=20 > Consider it as an alpha release, I'm going to revamp the version 3 > and start support for GSX server. I would like to thanks people at=20 > VMware > which gave me a serial for version 4 and GSX to work on (better than=20 > nothing :). Is any estimations about corresponding port ?=20 > Few things before you play with it: >=20 > - If you have freezes or ATA failures be sure ACPI is disabled > - Ensure kern.ipc.shm_allow_removed to be 1 > - Ensure you have aio module loaded >=20 > - Networking has been untested, I just spent 3 days on all this=20 > (it's enough and > i'm on vacation... well for few days :) anyway the netgraph solution=20 > adopted with vmware 3 > in the ports should be just fine. > - USB does not work yet > - SMP part is almost there, I have to take the last few strength to=20 > import APIC/IO APIC > detection and it should be working -I hope, i don't have an SMP machine=20 > to test- > - RTC support is missing, I will have a look at it > - No installation script is provided, I used to run it from=20 > vmware/lib/bin directly. > - I didn't try to use it as non-root but missing installation=20 > scripts and debugging was useless. > - In any case of failure compile the module without -DNDEBUG, save=20 > all the garbage > produced by the module (it will produce alot) and enable debugging=20 > options in vmware itself, > mail me messages and vmware.log you'll find in the vm directory >=20 > In general, consider installing vmware 3 to ensure all files in=20 > /compat/linux/dev are > present. >=20 > Let me have feedback on the thing. >=20 > Ciao! and Happy New Year! > Orlando >=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-emulation-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" --=20 Vladimir B. Grebenchikov vova@fbsd.ru
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