From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 16 00:00:55 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 248B816A400; Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81DF113C447; Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost.corp.yahoo.com (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4G00oVw046154; Tue, 15 May 2007 20:00:51 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 18:33:41 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <20070510111326.GA94093@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20070510111326.GA94093@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200705151833.42372.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 15 May 2007 20:00:51 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.3/3249/Tue May 15 17:16:41 2007 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Darren Reed Subject: Re: Experiences with 7.0-CURRENT and vmware. X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:55 -0000 On Thursday 10 May 2007 07:13:26 am Darren Reed wrote: > > I'm using FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT under vmware and there are a few issues. > > First, time. > hint.hw.acpi.disabled="1" > This appears to make _no_ difference to time keeping on FreeBSD 7 > and nor does it seem to have any impact on ACPI being loaded. Do > I need to recompile a new kernel without it or is there a new way > to disable ACPI? The tunable is 'hint.acpi.0.disabled=1' man 4 acpi > Second, networking. > Prior to FreeBSD-7, the driver to use inside vmware workstation > was lnc. It has worked and contiues to work great. No problemo. > FreeBSD-7 uses the "em" driver. To put it simply, it sucks in > comparison. When things really get bad I start seeing "em0: watchdog > timeout" messages on the console. I looked and I don't see a lnc > driver anywhere. Is there another alternative (le?) driver that > I can use in place of em, if so, how? le(4) is the newer lnc(4). -- John Baldwin