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Date:      Mon, 2 Sep 2002 16:30:30 +0200
From:      Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl>
To:        Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: VMware 3 on FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <20020902143030.GK89997@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20020902135406.GC2409@spc.org>
References:  <20020827123054.GF68243@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <20020828110956.A23979@nebula-bsd.dyndns.org> <20020830082012.GA18902@spc.org> <20020902103747.GA762@laptop.6bone.nl> <20020902132351.GA2409@spc.org> <20020902133159.GH89997@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <20020902135406.GC2409@spc.org>

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On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 02:54:06PM +0100, Bruce M Simpson wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 03:31:59PM +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote:
> > You have it running?! I'm still struggling to get a vmmon module, without
> [snip]
> 
> Ah. I installed the vmware2 port, *then* the vmware3 rpm (using rpm2cpio).
> This just used the existing vmmon module. I assume more tweaking will
> be necessary as was the case for vmware2.

I'll try that tomorrow. The sources for the vmmon-module are a bit different
at least, so I'm surprised it works, but I'm ready to give it a try :)

> [snip]
> > Way above my head :)
> 
> This is purely speculation as to how USB devices might be handled.

Maybe someone more in the know can port the usbdevfs (as an aside, is
that a Linuxism? Why not use a standard devfs?)

--Stijn

-- 
Beware of he who would deny you access to information. For in his heart
he thinks himself your master.
		-- Sid Meyer, "Sid Meyer's Alpha Centauri"

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