From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 6 06:05:37 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DAD3CDF; Tue, 6 Aug 2013 06:05:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bryanv@daemoninthecloset.org) Received: from torment.daemoninthecloset.org (torment.daemoninthecloset.org [94.242.209.234]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1DFC029F3; Tue, 6 Aug 2013 06:05:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sage.daemoninthecloset.org (unknown [70.114.209.60]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "sage.daemoninthecloset.org", Issuer "daemoninthecloset.org" (verified OK)) by torment.daemoninthecloset.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6385742C10D7; Tue, 6 Aug 2013 08:09:42 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daemoninthecloset.org X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daemoninthecloset.org Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 01:05:20 -0500 (CDT) From: Bryan Venteicher To: Joel Dahl Message-ID: <671854288.1036.1375769120756.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org> In-Reply-To: <20130806050354.GB18861@devbox.vnode.local> References: <1050637258.686.1375660230986.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org> <601099152.721.1375661537866.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org> <20130805202039.GA18861@devbox.vnode.local> <1174186801.993.1375743121722.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org> <20130806050354.GB18861@devbox.vnode.local> Subject: Re: [CFT] VMware vmxnet3 ethernet driver MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [192.168.10.20] X-Mailer: Zimbra 8.0.2_GA_5569 (ZimbraWebClient - GC20 ([unknown])/8.0.2_GA_5569) Thread-Topic: VMware vmxnet3 ethernet driver Thread-Index: ViA/8l8/aWIeb/QKzBW05zNOPE614Q== Cc: current@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 06:05:37 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- > Perhaps not, but they do support FreeBSD. I've started several support cases > with FreeBSD-specific problems and they've fixed all so far. > Yes, it is not a blackhole of support. At $JOB, we got caught by the FreeBSD specific issue of the busted timer that was fixed. But they've less helpful in other regards, and have more or less said FreeBSD isn't high in their priority because it isn't Linux. > Are you aiming at completely replacing VMware tools, or just the device > drivers? > I'd like as much as possible to work out of the box. vmxnet3 is as far as my current interests go. OpenBSD has a vmt device that apparently does (at least the important bits of) what vmtoolsd does; I'll look at that closer at some point. I have no intention of preventing people from using VMware's tools if they desire, nor breaking existing users. > -- > Joel >