From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 4 15:31:06 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 36E3716A402 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 15:31:06 +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 0833713C43E for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 15:31:05 +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 l34FV5Y8080251 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:31:05 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <4613C4B9.4080603@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:31:05 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070320) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org 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> In-Reply-To: <20070404152745.GB78962@uws1.starlofashions.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/3012/Wed Apr 4 06:49:03 2007 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 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 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: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:31:06 -0000 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