Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:11:39 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org> To: John Kozubik <john@kozubik.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bounty and timeline on vmware 5.x on FreeBSD 6.x Message-ID: <4612B4FB.8010503@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20070403123659.C35599@kozubik.com> References: <20070401121154.O35599@kozubik.com> <20070402095502.ejpfl6sk4sokwo4c@webmail.leidinger.net> <20070402145854.F35599@kozubik.com> <20070403120543.awgarosussowkwsc@webmail.leidinger.net> <20070403145422.GA71212@freebsd.org> <20070403123659.C35599@kozubik.com>
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On 04/03/07 14:40, John Kozubik wrote: > Roman, > > On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Roman Divacky wrote: > >>>> Vmware 5.5.3 will run with Linux kernel 2.4.x. [1] In fact, it appears to >>>> run on 2.2 as well. >>> A first try would be to backport some bugfixes (e.g. the mmap() fixes) >>> from -current (I can give a hint or two if someone is interested to do >>> this). After that determining what is needed by vmware would give a >>> hint where to proceed. >> a lot of work went into -current linuxulator and I think that trying to identify >> single change is not very productive. 7.0R is coming so I think we should just stick >> with 7.x linuxulator.... > > > It may be a moot point, as nobody has responded to this bounty. > > However, FWIW, I will consider the requirements met if vmware 5.5 can be > made to run on either FreeBSD 6.x-R or 7.x-R. > > Anyone ? Maybe if you put the amount of the bounty you'd get more bites? Eric
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