Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 09:32:18 +0200 From: Joel Dahl <joel@vnode.se> To: Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@daemoninthecloset.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] VMware vmxnet3 ethernet driver Message-ID: <B1A85B60-A215-42C7-910F-92811A00FB3A@vnode.se> In-Reply-To: <671854288.1036.1375769120756.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org> 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> <671854288.1036.1375769120756.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org>
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6 aug 2013 kl. 08:05 skrev Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@daemoninthecloset.org>: > > > ----- 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. Cool. I didn't know about vmt. I read the CVS log in the OpenBSD tree and it actually seems to do most of what I need. Having all this working out of the box (without VMware Tools installed) would be most welcome. …but I guess VMware would consider this an unsupported configuration or something like that, which sucks if/when I need to contact their support. -- Joelhelp
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