From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 12 20:01:59 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10F8E106566B for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:01:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@komquats.com) Received: from idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD0648FC12 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:01:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pd2ml3so-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.141.148]) by pd2mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 12 Oct 2011 14:01:58 -0600 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.1 cv=1h8qd3w5pbyJS47frJc7V6h9QwwiBhgsQMy9mbCO+wA= c=1 sm=1 a=UbaPUn-jkZ8A:10 a=QrugwKR0C_UA:10 a=wAGQQ9Az6v0A:10 a=BLceEmwcHowA:10 a=ICAaq7hcmGcA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=2Er20JxOMs3KTlR2XTlUiQ==:17 a=3DnCzxkCAAAA:8 a=dhPZ-oObAAAA:8 a=BWvPGDcYAAAA:8 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=Rictyjs-GtDycvfCi8QA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=V7tsTZBp22UA:10 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 a=HpAAvcLHHh0Zw7uRqdWCyQ==:117 Received: from unknown (HELO spqr.komquats.com) ([24.68.73.211]) by pd2ml3so-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 12 Oct 2011 14:01:57 -0600 Received: from slippy.cwsent.com (slippy8 [10.2.2.6]) by spqr.komquats.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE23746B86; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:01:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from slippy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by slippy.cwsent.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p9CK1sW6031193; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:01:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@komquats.com) Message-Id: <201110122001.p9CK1sW6031193@slippy.cwsent.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.3 From: Cy Schubert X-os: FreeBSD X-Sender: cy@cwsent.com X-URL: http://www.komquats.com/ To: Greg Byshenk In-Reply-To: Message from Greg Byshenk of "Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:58:54 PDT." <20111012195854.GU94623@portland.byshenk.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:01:54 -0700 Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Oracle's VirtualBox kernel module labelled 'crap' X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Cy Schubert List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:01:59 -0000 In message <20111012195854.GU94623@portland.byshenk.net>, Greg Byshenk writes: > On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:38:31PM -0700, Cy Schubert wrote: > > > I've been using VirtualBox on FreeBSD (and Windows) for about a year. No > > problems on either platform. Even though my FreeBSD platform, my laptop, > > doesn't support SVM, I've had no problems and had only one hang on my dual > > core AMD system at home (may have been memory related). Check out the > > following article. > > > > http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/10/12/oracles-virtualbox-kernel-mod-labelled-cr > a > > p/ > > > > Have people had problems under FreeBSD or is this a Linux-only issue? > > This looks like it -is- a Linux issue, as it's related to the > Virtualbox Linux kernel module. > > I've used Virtualbox for FreeBSD quite a bit over the last year or > so, and haven't personally seen any significant problems. Thanks. Just checking with folks before I expand my use of VBox even more than I do now. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert FreeBSD UNIX: Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org