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Date:      Sun, 3 Dec 2006 01:26:47 -0500
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Vishal Patil <bsd.devil@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Tools for FreeBSD development
Message-ID:  <17778.28199.840536.382017@bhuda.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <457255D3.7070806@elischer.org>
References:  <eb7c8e2e0612021224x13598151ya58e471c9dfaa3b4@mail.gmail.com> <eb7c8e2e0612021528h47239e5cl3cf0c1e08e399329@mail.gmail.com> <eb7c8e2e0612021536t605c76dau82e229f71226ea6c@mail.gmail.com> <457255D3.7070806@elischer.org>

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In <457255D3.7070806@elischer.org>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> typed:
> Vishal Patil wrote:
> > I have recently moved over from Linux to FreeBSD and would like to know if
> > there is something similar to UML (User Mode Linux) for doing kernel
> > development for FreeBSD. Reading different mailing lists, wikis etc it 
> > seems
> > that "qemu" seems to be the best option. Is this tool used by most of the
> > FreeBSD developers?
> I have used vmware in the past but I think that it probably
> isn't running at the moment..  qemu is probably the closest...
> Couurently I use a separate machine connected via serial console
> and a debugging serial connection for gdb. (you can pick up an
> old headless pentium PC good enough for this sort of thing for
> about 200 dollars if you look around.. You can probably get one
> for free if you try hard enough.. it doesn't have to be fast..

$200?! How about $50? Assuming you're not 1) outside the US, 2)
talking about some $s other than US$s, or 3) have a lot higher idea of
what's "good enough for this sort of thing" than I do.

	<mike
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