Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 21:04:02 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Marco Trentini <mark@remotelab.org> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New /dev/rtc driver for vmware Message-ID: <20040124191500.J29927@odysseus.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <20040124222442.GA57412@einstein.lab> References: <20040124151131.I29927@odysseus.silby.com> <20040124222442.GA57412@einstein.lab>
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On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Marco Trentini wrote: > Hi, I'm using vmware without rct module because if I load that module > (and load a virtual machine) I get a panic when shutdown the (real) > machine (on FreeBSD 5.2RC and last but one version of vmware3 port). Yeah, I fixed that a few days ago in the port, and this version of rtc.c includes the fix as well. > Can you explain in a nutshell the main advantages to use this module? > > Thanks. Well, it's _supposed_ to give you more accurate clocking in win98 VMs, and I think that it should help the others as well, but I haven't been a vmware user long enough to tell. This is why I'd like the opinion of some longtime vmware users to see how this new driver compares to the previous driver and/or how it compares to running without the driver with various virtual machine types. Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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