From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 16 20:47:23 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09D781065679 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:47:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail1.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:201:1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B082B8FC1A for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:47:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o2GKkxkL030731 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:47:00 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 295411CC18; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:46:59 -0700 (PDT) To: Bernhard Froehlich In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:48:58 BST." Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:46:59 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20100316204659.295411CC18@ptavv.es.net> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2010-03-16_10:2010-02-06, 2010-03-16, 2010-03-16 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-1003160234 Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: VirtualBox-3.1.4 for stable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:47:23 -0000 > Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:48:58 +0100 > From: Bernhard Froehlich > > On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:14:55 -0700, "Kevin Oberman" > wrote: > > I am currently running the devel version, 3.1.51.r27187 on my 8-stable > > system. Seems to be working fine. I see that 3.1.4 is now in the main > > ports. > > > > Am I better off staying with devel or should I force it to 3.1.4? > > The devel version was only to test the new memory allocation code of vbox. > It is based on the trunk version of the virtualbox SVN repository so this > is development code and should not be used in production. We backported the > memory allocation patch to 3.1.x and commited it with the update to 3.1.4 > so this is the latest stable code and what you can trust in. > > If there are new problems coming up as the ones that are currently > reported for latest stable kernels the chances are good that _both_ > versions are affected in the same way because the FreeBSD specific code is > mostly the same for both versions at the moment. > > -- > Bernhard Fröhlich > http://www.bluelife.at/ > Thanks. Guess I will go to 3.1.4 and see what happens. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751