From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 27 23:23:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 298AD7C8 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:23:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bryanv@daemoninthecloset.org) Received: from torment.daemoninthecloset.org (ip-94-242-209-234.as5577.net [94.242.209.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD7918FC13 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:23:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sage.daemoninthecloset.org (unknown [70.114.196.48]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "sage.daemoninthecloset.org", Issuer "daemoninthecloset.org" (verified OK)) by torment.daemoninthecloset.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 77F2842C03DD; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:25:54 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daemoninthecloset.org Received: from sage.daemoninthecloset.org (sage.daemoninthecloset.org [127.0.1.1]) by sage.daemoninthecloset.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34D16736F1; Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:22:04 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:22:04 -0600 (CST) From: Bryan Venteicher To: Joe Holden Message-ID: <1413359714.1585.1354058524040.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org> In-Reply-To: <50B52743.2070407@rewt.org.uk> Subject: Re: virtio for 9.1-R MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [192.168.10.231] X-Mailer: Zimbra 7.2.0_GA_2669 (ZimbraWebClient - GC23 (Mac)/7.2.0_GA_2669) Cc: Sergey Kandaurov , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:23:21 -0000 Hi, ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Holden" > To: "Sergey Kandaurov" > Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 2:49:07 PM > Subject: Re: virtio for 9.1-R > > On 27/11/2012 19:25, Sergey Kandaurov wrote: > > On 27 November 2012 22:12, Joe Holden wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> > >> I can't see virtio in releng/9.1, is there any particular reason > >> why it > >> isn't going to be included given that it works reasonable well > >> (and is > >> optional anyway, so not likely to be detrimental)? > > > > virtio appeared in stable/9 a bit after 9.1 cut off, > > and it is too late now regardless of virtio shape. > > Anyway you can installed it from ports. > > > Ah I see, doesn't really help all the people who can't install it in > KVM > and such though unfortunately, seems silly making them wait even > longer and having to use Linux :) > Yes - it is long overdue and something I plan to fix in the next month. There have been off-list patches floating around that do just that. I also plan to spend my spare time in Dec. to work on FreeBSD VirtIO improvements/bugs/nags. I've been busy with $JOB and have been busy finishing up a VMware vmxnet driver. Bryan > cheers > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >