Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:11:42 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: could anyone port VirtualBox to freebsd as host system? Message-ID: <45EFD34E.5020707@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <45EFCC0D.40603@u.washington.edu> References: <576dcbc20703072228l48024899v1cec7ba889a9f805@mail.gmail.com> <45EFB681.6050905@u.washington.edu> <576dcbc20703080019g319050bcqd6188f6a828e91b5@mail.gmail.com> <45EFCC0D.40603@u.washington.edu>
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Garrett Cooper wrote: > lveax wrote: >> On 3/8/07, Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> wrote: >>> lveax wrote: >>> > hey all. >>> > >>> > i noticed there is a vm called VirtualBox even faster then vmware.. >>> > >>> > and it is opensource. >>> > >>> > is it possible that anyone one bring it to freebsd ports tree? >>> >>> Problem--that emulator requires ALSA for sound support, so you're most >>> likely stuck running with Linux emulation mode. Not sure if that'd >>> really be an improvement :(.. >>> >> >> thank you.. >> >> seems it is support windows? windows didn't have ALSA. >> >> or disable the sound function? > > That's the binary build though :\.. the configure script looks for linux > sources too, which suggests that it uses other kernel tie-ins. > > -Garrett From <http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux%20build%20instructions>; (please ignore the fact that it says Linux at the top): You need: * GCC 3.2.3 or later * as86 (real mode assembler, usually part of the dev86 or bin86 package) * bcc (Bruce Evans C Compiler; often part of the dev86 package) * IASL (Intel ACPI compiler) * xsltproc (libxslt, XML style sheet processor) * libxerces (Xerces XML parser; the C++, not the Java version) * libxalan (Xalan XSL library, depends on Xerces; again, the C++, not the Java version) * libXcursor (required to support color mouse pointers in guest) * Qt 3.3.x (with x >= 5 if possible) * libIDL * libSDL * ALSA So, I don't think it's really possible at this time. However, if OpenBSD's making progress then maybe it'd be a good idea to take a look at what they're doing.. -Garrett
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