From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 19 08:27:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5C32106566B for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:27:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e.0x20.net) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.ipv6.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb::3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 768FB8FC24 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:27:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e.0x20.net) Received: by mail.0x20.net (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 46D853A6BC; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:27:19 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:27:19 +0200 From: Lars Engels To: Klaus Espenlaub Message-ID: <20080919082719.GH676@e.0x20.net> References: <48C52718.5080807@sun.com> <48C8F051.7060107@sun.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Rgf3q3z9SdmXC6oT" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48C8F051.7060107@sun.com> X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.1 X-Operation-System: FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE-p19 User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (FreeBSD) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VirtualBox looks for FreeBSD developer X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Lars Engels List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:27:22 -0000 --Rgf3q3z9SdmXC6oT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:17:53PM +0200, Klaus Espenlaub wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > >On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Klaus Espenlaub wrote: > >>#include > >I speak for myself and nobody else. I do not claim that I in any way > >represent FreeBSD. > >>freebsd is yet another kernel for which the VirtualBox devs would have > >>to figure out how to safely achieve a few things normal applications > >>don't ever need. Like dealing with physical memory, getting along with > >>the scheduler and stuff like that. It's also true that the written > >>documentation in VirtualBox about this area leaves something to be > >>desired - again a manpower problem. > >It is easy for me as an outsider to see that this can be viewed from > >the opposite angle: > >"VirtualBox is just another virtualization solution for FreeBSD. We > >are sorry that the VirtualBox team can't find any time to provide the > >necessary documentation. Currently FreeBSD don't have any developers > >with enough free time to figure things out from the documentation > >available now. You see - it is simply a manpower problem." I think you could better ask for help on hackers@FreeBSD.org as there aren't too many kernel developers reading ports@ is guess. --Rgf3q3z9SdmXC6oT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjTYmcACgkQKc512sD3afi4BACdE0C3p++jfzxDZOgp2gaqPHaB 4mwAmgLhcGKMVrDfYY7/tMUe5gKrJDid =fFOB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Rgf3q3z9SdmXC6oT--