From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 3 20:11:40 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AE5116A406 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 20:11:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [64.129.166.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CDBF13C483 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 20:11:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l33KBder075288; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 15:11:39 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <4612B4FB.8010503@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:11:39 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070320) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Kozubik 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> In-Reply-To: <20070403123659.C35599@kozubik.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/3007/Tue Apr 3 07:26:03 2007 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=8.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.6 (2006-10-03) on mh1.centtech.com Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bounty and timeline on vmware 5.x on FreeBSD 6.x 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, 03 Apr 2007 20:11:40 -0000 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