Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 18:54:00 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> To: dmk <gh@over-yonder.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: emulators/rtc and vmware2 Message-ID: <20020815175400.GA929@genius.tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20020815121105.GA35400@over-yonder.net> References: <20020815121105.GA35400@over-yonder.net>
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--sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 07:11:05AM -0500, dmk wrote: >=20 > Is anybody successfully using the port emulators/rtc with vmware2 on > -current? >=20 > While the port builds and installs fine, a /dev/rtc device never appears. >=20 > ISTM that the rtc device does a make_dev as part of the device open() > rather than at module load and that vmware doesn't work like that. >=20 > Having no kernel (module) hacking experience, I come to the list for > pointers. I am trying to wrap my head around rtc enough to try make_dev() > at module load time, but maybe someone can give me a hint as to what's > going on. >=20 >=20 > I'm breaking the rules and running an old -CURRENT from Feb 4, 2002, so > I'll humbly swallow suggestions that I upgrade. I committed to changes to rtc and vmware2 in the last few days to make it compile on recent -current. There have been a lot of changes since Feb!! On my system rtc compiles and kldload and vmware works. I don't know if rtc actually works though. Maybe not. I'll take a look at your patch in due course. Joe --=20 "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." - Albert Einstein, 1921 --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAj1b6rcACgkQXVIcjOaxUBa6JwCdFayBRCMS1ztPZGxrPkGpWw+X r7QAn3GeLfp87aOraehmW6ClMkvkdgs5 =ShRl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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