From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 25 08:01:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A80316A4CE for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 08:01:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from 194-185-53-242.f5.ngi.it (194-185-53-242.f5.ngi.it [194.185.53.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01E1843D2F for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 08:01:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@remotelab.org) Received: from einstein.lab (einstein.lab [192.168.168.2]) i0PG160K057344; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 17:01:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mark@remotelab.org) Received: from einstein.lab (localhost.lab [127.0.0.1]) by einstein.lab (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0PG0qA5000881; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 17:00:52 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mark@einstein.lab) Received: (from mark@localhost) by einstein.lab (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i0PG0q0q000880; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 17:00:52 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 17:00:52 +0100 From: Marco Trentini To: Mike Silbersack Message-ID: <20040125160052.GB620@einstein.lab> References: <20040124151131.I29927@odysseus.silby.com> <20040124222442.GA57412@einstein.lab> <20040124191500.J29927@odysseus.silby.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040124191500.J29927@odysseus.silby.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New /dev/rtc driver for vmware X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:01:13 -0000 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/