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Date:      Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:56:14 -0400
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
To:        Vincent Milum Jr <freebsd-arm@darkain.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD under VMware ESXi ARM Fling
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On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 at 02:19, Vincent Milum Jr <freebsd-arm@darkain.com> wrote:
>
> uhci for USB 2.0 is not enabled by default. Ensure your VM is initially set
> up
> for USB 3.1 so the virtual keyboard and mouse will function. This is easy
> enough
> to fix post install with: uhci_load="YES"

We can definitely add this one to arm64 GENERIC. It looks like we've
just faulted in the various *HCI USB interfaces as platforms with
support appeared.

> ums is the same as above. ESXi ARM uses USB instead of PS2 for the virtual
> mouse, so add this post install if you want mouse support: ums_load="YES"

ums is not included in amd64 GENERIC; it's presumably being
automatically loaded when needed. Does this work here too?

> vmxnet and pvscsi are not pre-compiled. However, they compile and operate
> perfectly as expected without any modification on ARM.

I've committed a change to build these as modules now. We can also add
to GENERIC if necessary.



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