From owner-freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Thu Nov 19 04:24:46 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66C69A31B79 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2015 04:24:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-x229.google.com (mail-ob0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B4BF18B8 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2015 04:24:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: by obdgf3 with SMTP id gf3so51686540obd.3 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2015 20:24:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=tqZYrLx9KkixxVhEFjQgXLdH/GBtQG+3IJ+ovOZoE1A=; b=uzz6fnjPaEQp05g2sESntNG7BSvQzHMiA1KGxoeS+pqWScyJZtDkOHCiuu1KDkdZny c3D1BYIqdeDPXPfOatJBoPWL9jVnCVJHba8yz3pplNf1+83Z7ElBU5O3XT1Wj/ZFuy/i KCB6/1g3wKUujlNvH0b23K6ZlblX5D1AqhyZ1pUCcHoeoLW+X/L/oCbUMBnwRh7YxW46 DydpnAqvaxz6zV6YXCbD2Zzgfl2k1EwzeeYg5IGS5mOSeMSORhidxAlbXw1IlG9gxXxp 9D+GCYMk1E78iDyO83tSWQczyncRXYSnpirZeuJr2upGtp8YUT7C1DgohcUoFUf0F8Ca iPVQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.111.196 with SMTP id ik4mr3725266obb.60.1447907085311; Wed, 18 Nov 2015 20:24:45 -0800 (PST) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.202.98.131 with HTTP; Wed, 18 Nov 2015 20:24:45 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 20:24:45 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: vMGybXOMS2XSryItUyZlIxRNViw Message-ID: Subject: Re: VirtualBox 4.3.32 page fusion does nothing? From: Kevin Oberman To: Lapo Luchini Cc: "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 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: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 04:24:46 -0000 On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 12:25 AM, Lapo Luchini wrote: > Hi, I tried VirtualBox 4.3.32 (latest from Ports) on FreeBSD 10.2/amd64 > running two clones of the same Windows 10 (64 bit) host with page fusion > enabled (and Additions installed) but nothing gets shared. > > Is the feature supported in the FreeBSD Port? > > % VBoxManage showvminfo 'Windows 10 Pro' | fgrep -i fusion > Page Fusion: on > % VBoxManage metrics list | fgrep 'Shared ' > > host RAM/VMM/Shared kB 0 2147483647 0 > 0 Total physical memory shared between VMs. > Windows 10 Pro Guest/RAM/Usage/Shared kB 0 2147483647 > 0 0 Amount of shared physical guest RAM. > Windows 10 Pro Clone Guest/RAM/Usage/Shared kB 0 2147483647 > 0 0 Amount of shared physical guest RAM. > > -- > Lapo Luchini - http://lapo.it/ > See https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=32349 In brief, it says: 1. It only works on a limited set of operating systems 2. When it works, it works poorly 3. It has seen little use (as of 2012) and was unlikely to be enhanced or expanded 4. Don't use it -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683