Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 17:00:52 +0100 From: Marco Trentini <mark@remotelab.org> To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New /dev/rtc driver for vmware Message-ID: <20040125160052.GB620@einstein.lab> In-Reply-To: <20040124191500.J29927@odysseus.silby.com> References: <20040124151131.I29927@odysseus.silby.com> <20040124222442.GA57412@einstein.lab> <20040124191500.J29927@odysseus.silby.com>
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On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 09:04:02PM -0600, Mike Silbersack wrote: > > On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Marco Trentini wrote: > > > Hi, I'm using vmware without rct module because if I load that module > > (and load a virtual machine) I get a panic when shutdown the (real) > > machine (on FreeBSD 5.2RC and last but one version of vmware3 port). > > Yeah, I fixed that a few days ago in the port, and this version of rtc.c > includes the fix as well. > > > Can you explain in a nutshell the main advantages to use this module? > > > > Thanks. > > Well, it's _supposed_ to give you more accurate clocking in win98 VMs, and > I think that it should help the others as well, but I haven't been a > vmware user long enough to tell. This is why I'd like the opinion of some > longtime vmware users to see how this new driver compares to the previous > driver and/or how it compares to running without the driver with various > virtual machine types. That's great! So, updating the port vmware (last version) and rtc (your version) not only I don't get more the panic at shutdown phase but I've seen a lot of improvements in my Virtual Machine. Now the audio/video (as .mp3 and .mpg) are very fluid. When I worked without the rtc module, the audio/video were unusable because them were reproduced jerkily. I've also noted a general improvement on the rapidity to run applications. A positive vote for me :) I run vmware on FreeBSD RELEASE-5.2 with "options HZ=1500" in my kernel and my virtual machine is a Windows 2000 Pro with SP4. Many thanks. -- Marco Trentini mark@remotelab.org http://www.remotelab.org/
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