Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:57:48 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> Cc: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Subject: Re: VirtualBox: Eating up 100% CPU, freezing Windows 7 Message-ID: <501F78FC.6060600@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1tj0wC=6AuhVn4RrWG9rw4Y95%2Bqd=yFxcOcM8opFgnYvg@mail.gmail.com> References: <501A323E.6000106@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <CAN6yY1v2WeY2-scEo8MRxqDtwQEVkbx4b6cxgDZ48fsC923cAA@mail.gmail.com> <1343972667.4952.5.camel@Nokia-N900-42-11> <20120803134123.GA52965@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <CAN6yY1sc7ej9jN7xG5uaQqK5KQvNTgXS4r2GQG3jgHGbBhGqzQ@mail.gmail.com> <501CD1F8.1070404@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <501D8589.50205@FreeBSD.org> <CAGH67wTLdr6A7usFpUaMkUtxh%2BW2Begc_ndQW6swt7%2Bj_wZRQw@mail.gmail.com> <501D9476.80902@FreeBSD.org> <CAN6yY1tj0wC=6AuhVn4RrWG9rw4Y95%2Bqd=yFxcOcM8opFgnYvg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 08/04/2012 17:56, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> On 08/04/2012 14:26, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>>> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 08/04/2012 00:40, O. Hartmann wrote:
>>>>> No, also in my case. I build world and the VBox software with each
>>>>> kernel - usually.
>>>>
>>>> You can ensure that by putting this in src.conf:
>>>>
>>>> PORTS_MODULES= emulators/virtualbox-ose-kmod
>>>>
>>>> You can place other modules in that list as well. I use vbox so you can
>>>> be pretty confident that this is going to keep working. :)
>>>
>>> That doesn't work
>>
>> I assure you that it does. I have put a non-zero amount of work into
>> fixing it, I use this method, and the resulting kernel module works just
>> fine.
>>
>> If you actually try it and find something is not as it should be, then
>> yes; please do file a PR and feel free to cc me.
>>
>> Doug
>
> I am only aware of this because of your posts. No reference to it at
> all in src.conf(5). It would be nice to see it there.
It's in make.conf(5) for historical reasons, along with a lot of other
options that should be moved.
> It is mentioned in build(7), but only as a MAKE option and a lot of
> people are not going to realize it can be placed in src.conf.
It can also go in make.conf, so that's not a total loss I suppose.
> Also,
> for those not fairly conversant in make, it is not clear whether
> multiple ports should be space, comma, colon, or otherwise delimited
>
> This is a very nice option as it is very easy to overlook rebuilding
> kernel modules in ports when building the kernel. Thanks or working on
> it.
My pleasure ... it was one of those things on "the list" and I finally
got around to it.
Doug
--
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do
something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what
I can do.
-- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909)
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