From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 16 22:27:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6889F16A420 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:27:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE0D743D45 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:27:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from [10.10.3.185] ([69.15.205.254]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1GMRrsB054349; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:27:54 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <43F4FC63.3090601@samsco.org> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:27:47 -0700 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20060206 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dick hoogendijk References: <43F381A5.9090204@protected-networks.net> <43F39A0B.3040609@samsco.org> <20060215230908.831354cf.dick@nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <20060215230908.831354cf.dick@nagual.st> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=3.8 tests=none autolearn=failed version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on pooker.samsco.org Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMware host on stable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:27:59 -0000 dick hoogendijk wrote: > On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:15:55 -0700 > Scott Long wrote: > > >>Michael Butler wrote: >> >>>What is the most recent version of VMware known to work on 6.x in >>>host mode so as to be able to run windoze as a guest? >>> >>>Anyone tried 5.5 on 6.x yet? .. or the time-limited beta (expires >>>~July) of VMware server (free! at >>>http://www.vmware.com/products/server)? >>> >>> Michael >>> >> >>I have the same question. I've been looking at porting the 5.5 vmmon >>module, but haven't had time yet to start. All I really need is the >>ability to run an existing vmware image. And no, qemu and xen and >>all that is not an option. > > > You're entitled to your POV, of course. But I dare say that *on FreeBSD* > Qemu (w/ kqemu) is far better than any build of vmware I've ever seen. > Any reason why qemu is "not an option"? > Can qemu run the vmware image that I have? If it can, great! It's not a matter of opinion or open source vs closed source, it's a simple matter of using appropriate tools for my particular needs. Scott