From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 3 13:10:10 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB6681065670 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:10:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6292B8FC20 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:10:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q13DAA3f074774 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:10:10 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q13DAAtm074773; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:10:10 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:10:10 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201202031310.q13DAAtm074773@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Adam Kirchhoff Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07ACB106566C for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:00:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E62D88FC20 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:00:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q13D0l1H080512 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:00:47 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q13D0lX3080511; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:00:47 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201202031300.q13D0lX3080511@red.freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:00:47 GMT From: Adam Kirchhoff To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: misc/164736: FreeBSD handbook mentions running vmware via linux compat. X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:10:10 -0000 >Number: 164736 >Category: misc >Synopsis: FreeBSD handbook mentions running vmware via linux compat. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Feb 03 13:10:09 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Adam Kirchhoff >Release: 9.0-STABLE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD memory.visualtech.com 9.0-STABLE FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE #5: Thu Jan 26 22:09:39 EST 2012 root@memory.visualtech.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MEMORY amd64 >Description: This section of the handbook should updated to remove the reference to vmware: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu.html The linux version of vmware workstation 3 (iirc) was in the ports tree at one point, was removed a while back. No newer version of vmware will work via the compat layer, at least not till someone were to port the vmware kernel modules again. I recently had a discussion with someone who erroneously thought they could get vmware workstation 8 working on FreeBSD because they read this line in the handbook: In a nutshell, the compatibility allows FreeBSD users to run about 90% of all Linux applications without modification. This includes applications such as StarOffice™, the Linux version of Netscape®, Adobe® Acrobat®, RealPlayer®, VMware™, Oracle®, WordPerfect®, Doom, Quake, and more. It is also reported that in some situations, Linux binaries perform better on FreeBSD than they do under Linux. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Remove VMware™ from the list. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: