Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:19:15 -0500 (CDT) From: "Sean C. Farley" <sean-freebsd@farley.org> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMware5 port Message-ID: <20070419191711.M44041@thor.farley.org> In-Reply-To: <461E817B.3020809@freebsd.org> References: <20070409193137.D90697@thor.farley.org> <461E817B.3020809@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Eric Anderson wrote: > On 04/09/07 19:40, Sean C. Farley wrote: >> I have spent a good deal of time last year attempting to port VMware >> 5.5.x to FreeBSD. Due to time, too many other projects and a >> beginning level of driver development knowledge (someday I will fix >> this part :)), I do not feel I can continue on it. To help others >> get a little further, I put up a description of the status[1] on my >> web site. Many thanks to Orlando Bassotto's effort on a port of >> 4.5.2 from which I started. >> >> Sean >> 1. http://www.farley.org/freebsd/tmp/vmware5/ > > Sean- > Thanks! Much appreciated. I hope someone can pick up where this > leaves off, and finish up the work. You are welcome. I hope someone can. > Anyone tried compiling it? I've had some troubles (on 7.0). 7-CURRENT probably has quite a few changes in the driver interface. On the flip-side, 7-CURRENT may have a better chance to run the UI with its better Linux emulation. Sean -- sean-freebsd@farley.org
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