Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:38:24 GMT From: Benjamin Washington-Yule <byu17@uclive.ac.nz> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/170286: Out of date information in the Virtualization section of Handbook Message-ID: <201207302138.q6ULcOxN030967@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201207302140.q6ULe8Ak085664@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 170286
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Out of date information in the Virtualization section of Handbook
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Jul 30 21:40:08 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Benjamin Washington-Yule
>Release: n/a
>Organization:
n/a
>Environment:
n/a
>Description:
The information at the beginning of section 23.3 ("FreeBSD as a Host OS") is out of date with regards to VirtualBox and previously named open source edition (OSE). There is only one version now.
See https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions for details of the change.
>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
>Fix:
Corrected text.
Patch attached with submission follows:
1117c1117,1118
< the release of &os; 7.2, Sun's
---
> the release of &os; 7.2, the Open Source Edition
> (<acronym>OSE</acronym>) of Sun's
1125,1131c1126,1133
< like guests. It is released as open source software, but with
< closed-source components available in a separate extension pack.
< These components include support for USB 2.0 devices, among others.
< More information may be found on the <quote>Downloads</quote> page
< of the <application>&virtualbox;</application> wiki, at
< <ulink url="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads"></ulink>.
< Currently, these extensions are not available for &os;.</para>
---
> like guests. It comes in two flavors, an open source and a
> proprietary edition. From the user's point of view, perhaps the
> most important limitation of the <acronym>OSE</acronym> is the
> lack of USB support. Other differences may be found in the
> <quote>Editions</quote> page of the
> <application>&virtualbox;</application> wiki, at
> <ulink url="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions"></ulink>.
> Currently, only the OSE is available for &os;.</para>
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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