From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 7 16:53:04 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00AAAFC; Sat, 7 Sep 2013 16:53:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mr.kodiak@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ie0-x234.google.com (mail-ie0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::234]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9C8C82A03; Sat, 7 Sep 2013 16:53:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f180.google.com with SMTP id 10so6407400ied.39 for ; Sat, 07 Sep 2013 09:53:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=eZfZ5iBqMU/b2nc2H+tUEbNypbdpSi5s8kAG8tTzd3c=; b=01kXMUmpeyuotlsskh/fVcOrBl6lIbmukB83mvoft8ZwEzOdcJRHxtjClIkfszOX67 M4mOCUArCzRIhvKokUwx0ngDRvymAr8/7DavfaXFOKPfegse0V6DvCopZ2vMJCm66ekg MSWiFlsnRVcnev6WufWPjpUKqCdU1ZNFWCPNSolKAqlbyrUPSXsNQ6hgwUk3+rJikaRc vuG5MJ8PljjJRTal4LHMjPjEade5rNfNj3RnwydgjgMbovwFesTtNJW4Oo44o6ZFuQZu WDnyXMMTjEwe+MyelfC8otsebh3XtbDnf3URORD98/ffUyIrLlMRVPeTnAV0vdAjFA/i znCA== X-Received: by 10.42.61.196 with SMTP id v4mr4016918ich.21.1378572783045; Sat, 07 Sep 2013 09:53:03 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: mr.kodiak@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.6.136 with HTTP; Sat, 7 Sep 2013 09:52:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130907070644.GP4574@FreeBSD.org> References: <201309062024.r86KOMqm059838@svn.freebsd.org> <20130907070644.GP4574@FreeBSD.org> From: Bryan Venteicher Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 11:52:32 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: wJLaEct-Co06nWeRf0eSBMGa7dM Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r255323 - in head/sys: amd64/conf i386/conf To: Gleb Smirnoff Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Bryan Venteicher , svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 16:53:04 -0000 On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 2:06 AM, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 03:46:11PM -0500, Bryan Venteicher wrote: > B> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Bryan Venteicher > wrote: > B> > B> > Author: bryanv > B> > Date: Fri Sep 6 20:24:21 2013 > B> > New Revision: 255323 > B> > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/255323 > B> > > B> > Log: > B> > Add vmx device to the i386 and amd64 NOTES files > B> > > B> > > B> FWIW - I'm on the fence about adding vmx to GENERIC for 10.0. IIRC, > B> VMware's vmxnet3 driver returns BUS_PROBE_VENDOR so the two drivers > should > B> coexist. This is assuming VMware updates the driver for 10 ... which I'm > B> guessing isn't likely and was a large reason I added this driver in the > B> first place. > B> > B> LMK if anybody has strong thoughts either way. > > May be it is worth providing a special kernel config for VMware > environment? > > Add QEMU, HYPERV, BHYVE, and VIRTUALBOX to that list. I don't think it is unreasonable for us to provide such configs, but I think we are lacking most of the infrastructure to make it useful. > When GENERIC is booted in vmware it has a load of stuff that would be > never used. And if a GENERIC with vmx is booted on hardware, vmx won't > be ever used. > > I agree it is far from ideal, but that's just the nature of what we've made GENERIC. > -- > Totus tuus, Glebius. >