From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 16 13:28:18 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 4990916A401 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:28:18 +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 1C25113C45A for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:28:18 +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 l3GDSHq2018634; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:28:17 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <462379F1.3050008@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:28:17 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070320) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Kozubik References: <200704050712.l357Ck5F000488@pluto.hedeland.org> <4614F65D.3010403@freebsd.org> <20070405215754.GA28008@saturn.kn-bremen.de> <461A6431.2030709@freebsd.org> <20070410123604.D35599@kozubik.com> In-Reply-To: <20070410123604.D35599@kozubik.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/3099/Mon Apr 16 04:37:53 2007 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 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: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:28:18 -0000 On 04/10/07 14:39, John Kozubik wrote: > > On Mon, 9 Apr 2007, Eric Anderson wrote: > >> VirtualBox looks VERY nice.. I've seen a thread about a month ago from >> someone trying to get it to compile on FreeBSD. After hacking the >> configure file a bit, I've gotten closer, but some of the kmk stuff is >> linked to libc.so.6, which isn't so good for me running -CURRENT. >> Honestly, I think porting vmware is now less interesting knowing that >> virtualbox is so competitive, and more easily portable. > > > All very interesting, of course, but the bottom line is that vmware is > becoming (or has become) the de facto standard[1] for virtualization and > testing across all user platforms (windows, linux, and soon OSX). > > The upcoming 3d hardware virtualization as well as the prevalance of > vmware images as a means of testing and distribution makes it such that I > cannot use FreeBSD as my base desktop operating system anymore unless it > can support a modern version of Vmware. > > Which is the impetus for the bounty ... > > > > [1] leaving out things like jail, zones, etc. Did you get any takers on this? Eric