Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:59:33 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: Ashok Shrestha <ashok.shrestha@gmail.com>, orlando@break.net, matusita@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, vsilyaev@mindspring.com Subject: Re: VMWARE GSX Port? Message-ID: <20060228175317.T19575@odysseus.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <44008135.1030901@samsco.org> References: <79e2026f0602241120u77b4d043jca464a658bb0c0f7@mail.gmail.com> <44008135.1030901@samsco.org>
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On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Scott Long wrote: > Ashok Shrestha wrote: >> VMWARE GSX was released recently for free. >> [http://www.vmware.com/news/releases/server_beta.html] >> >> Is anyone working on a port for this? >> >> > > I've started on it, but I haven't made much progress yet. > > Scott Anyone who's interested in working on it should make sure to start with the VMWare 3 port (which works at present), and Orlando's beta 4.5 port: http://www.break.net/orlando/freebsd.html Also of major use would be the merged linux vmware modules available at: http://knihovny.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/ (or more specifically) http://knihovny.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update98.tar.gz This has support for VMWare 1 through 5.5, so if you take our version 3/4 support and this code, you should be able to see what's left to implement. So, support SHOULD be possible, it's just a matter of someone putting in the time to get it all working. (I do not have any such time, unfortunately.) Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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