From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 13 15:00:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBBB716A4D1 for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:00:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from razorbill.mail.pas.earthlink.net (razorbill.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.121.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C94D543D1D for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:00:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from welchsm@earthlink.net) Received: from c-24-118-219-83.mn.client2.attbi.com ([24.118.219.83] helo=NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net)(TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1B2I7A-0004Kf-00; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:00:21 -0800 Received: from NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i2DMxmBB011685; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:59:48 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from welchsm@localhost.welchsmnet.net) Received: (from welchsm@localhost)i2DMxmOo011684; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:59:48 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from welchsm) Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:59:48 -0600 From: Sean Welch To: silby@silby.com Message-ID: <20040313225948.GA11676@NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-ELNK-Trace: 15d86f98c8ef8acad780f4a490ca69564776905774d2ac4b5a7046193e094956468583d14b2246c8350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMware 3 changes commited, rtc updated as well X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sean_Welch@alum.wofford.org List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 23:00:22 -0000 Am I correct in surmising that your changes to allow dynamic device numbering are a prelude to introducing device cloning? Sean >I just went ahead and committed the changes I had posted to the list >early today. If you have a working installation of vmware + rtc, >there's >no need to update. Here's my commit message, which sums up the >changes: > >---- >A slew of changes to allow vmware3 to work on 5.x with dynamic >device >numbering while not breaking 4.x compatibility: > >- Stop using device nodes in /usr/compat/linux/dev and instead rely >on the linuxaltor passing though to /dev >- Create needed device nodes in /dev (on 4.x) >- Account for a change in falloc's semantics that was preventing >the vmmon module from being unloaded on 5.1+ machines. >---- > >Of course, testing would still be appreciated if you have the time. I >tested on 4.9-stable and 5.2-current, but there are many ways in which I >still could have broken the port. :) > >Mike "Silby" Silbersack