Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 11:06:44 +0400 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r255323 - in head/sys: amd64/conf i386/conf Message-ID: <20130907070644.GP4574@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAGaYwLcV8hS%2Bk_B2xozcqfdz5TcJ%2BgyN=6whO8wJ_6puW1_njg@mail.gmail.com> References: <201309062024.r86KOMqm059838@svn.freebsd.org> <CAGaYwLcV8hS%2Bk_B2xozcqfdz5TcJ%2BgyN=6whO8wJ_6puW1_njg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 03:46:11PM -0500, Bryan Venteicher wrote: B> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@freebsd.org> wrote: B> B> > Author: bryanv B> > Date: Fri Sep 6 20:24:21 2013 B> > New Revision: 255323 B> > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/255323 B> > B> > Log: B> > Add vmx device to the i386 and amd64 NOTES files B> > B> > B> FWIW - I'm on the fence about adding vmx to GENERIC for 10.0. IIRC, B> VMware's vmxnet3 driver returns BUS_PROBE_VENDOR so the two drivers should B> coexist. This is assuming VMware updates the driver for 10 ... which I'm B> guessing isn't likely and was a large reason I added this driver in the B> first place. B> B> LMK if anybody has strong thoughts either way. May be it is worth providing a special kernel config for VMware environment? When GENERIC is booted in vmware it has a load of stuff that would be never used. And if a GENERIC with vmx is booted on hardware, vmx won't be ever used. -- Totus tuus, Glebius.
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