From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 3 06:26:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B9EE16A412 for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 06:26:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org) Received: from mired.org (vpn.mired.org [66.92.153.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9A92243CA2 for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 06:26:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org) Received: (qmail 8256 invoked by uid 1001); 3 Dec 2006 06:26:48 -0000 Received: by bhuda.mired.org (tmda-sendmail, from uid 1001); Sun, 03 Dec 2006 01:26:48 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17778.28199.840536.382017@bhuda.mired.org> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 01:26:47 -0500 To: Julian Elischer In-Reply-To: <457255D3.7070806@elischer.org> References: <457255D3.7070806@elischer.org> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 19) "Constant Variable" XEmacs Lucid X-Primary-Address: mwm@mired.org X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`; h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.5 (Fettercairn) From: Mike Meyer Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Vishal Patil Subject: Re: Tools for FreeBSD development X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 06:26:35 -0000 In <457255D3.7070806@elischer.org>, Julian Elischer 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. http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.