Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:31:05 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bounty and timeline on vmware 5.x on FreeBSD 6.x Message-ID: <4613C4B9.4080603@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20070404152745.GB78962@uws1.starlofashions.com> References: <20070401121154.O35599@kozubik.com> <20070402095502.ejpfl6sk4sokwo4c@webmail.leidinger.net> <20070402145854.F35599@kozubik.com> <20070403120543.awgarosussowkwsc@webmail.leidinger.net> <20070403145422.GA71212@freebsd.org> <20070403123659.C35599@kozubik.com> <20070403203019.GA79914@freebsd.org> <4612FD06.80500@freebsd.org> <20070404084735.L98263@thebighonker.lerctr.org> <20070404152745.GB78962@uws1.starlofashions.com>
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On 04/04/07 10:27, Scott Robbins wrote: > On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 08:48:55AM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote: >> On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Eric Anderson wrote: >> >> I can't contribute a lot of cash, but would be willing to help test. >> > > As I said, I will contribute at least $100. However, I'd much rather > see server (because my needs are very minimal, and I'd rather have the > free vmware-server than the $189.00 workstation. > > In the interim--I upgraded qemu last night, and I was impressed--it > seemed much zippier than it's been (with a Win2k guest.) > > Indeed. Qemu with kqemu running, with some very crude benchmarks, looks like about 95% of native speed for cpu intensive things. Also, I noticed it's faster when using a direct disk partition/device rather than an image (makes sense), and works very well. Eric
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