From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 21 08:04:37 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 135B116A420 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:04:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de) Received: from mail.lonelyplanet.com.au (mail.lonelyplanet.com.au [203.166.32.192]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64EDB13C465 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:04:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de) Received: from Garuda.lpint.net ([10.61.0.88]) by mail.lonelyplanet.com.au with InterScan Message Security Suite; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:35:57 +1100 Received: from 9N5CK1S.lpint.net ([10.61.21.74]) by Garuda.lpint.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:35:56 +1100 Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:35:59 +1100 (AUS Eastern Daylight Time) From: Peter Ross To: Thierry Herbelot In-Reply-To: <200711210819.28098.thierry@herbelot.com> Message-ID: References: <4743C25D.9060308@elischer.org> <200711210819.28098.thierry@herbelot.com> X-X-Sender: rossicbb@mailbox.tu-berlin.de MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="16927197-25031-1195630355=:1892" Content-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Nov 2007 07:35:56.0584 (UTC) FILETIME=[27527280:01C82C11] X-imss-version: 2.049 X-imss-result: Passed X-imss-scanInfo: M:P L:N SM:0 X-imss-tmaseResult: TT:0 TS:0.0000 TC:00 TRN:0 TV:5.0.1023(15558.002) X-imss-scores: Clean:51.11910 C:2 M:3 S:5 R:5 X-imss-settings: Baseline:2 C:1 M:2 S:2 R:1 (0.1500 0.1500) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Julian Elischer Subject: Re: vmware and FreeBSD. HUH? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:04:37 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --16927197-25031-1195630355=:1892 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=X-UNKNOWN; FORMAT=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Content-ID: On Wed, 21 Nov 2007, Thierry Herbelot wrote: > Le Wednesday 21 November 2007, Julian Elischer a =E9crit : >> From http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=3D183 >> >> "While VMware has a high-end ESX server product that doesn=92t rely on >> any commodity operating system, it is still running a stripped down >> version of FreeBSD." >> > I remembre reading ESX was more like a stripped-down 2.4 linux kernel (wi= th > the GPL implications ;-)) I just logged into the service console of a ESX 3.0 box: # uname -a Linux myhostname 2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix #1 Thu Jul 26 13:26:41 PDT 2007 i686= i686 i386 GNU/Linux Regards Peter --16927197-25031-1195630355=:1892--