Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 08:25:18 +0200 (CEST) From: Jakob Alvermark <jakob@teligent.se> To: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@muc.de> Cc: mark+freebsd@xaa.mpn.cp.philips.com, freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VMWare: porting kernel modules to FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908200824160.44163-100000@teligent.se> In-Reply-To: <199908192040.WAA27646@teligent.se>
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I'd like help too. /Jakob Alvermark On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > Mark Huizer writes: > >Hi there, > > > >I had a look recently at the code for one of the kernel modules that VMWare > >requires (driver-only.tar), and it looks like something that should be > >portable to FreeBSD, although there is some messy stuff in it (assembly > >that seems to be using Linux specific stuff, brrr..) But anyway: it > >looks feasable. > > > >Is anyone already working on this, or are some people interested in > >helping with this? > > > >As far as I can see, the linux emulation is good enough to run the > >vmware program, "all" you need to do is implement /dev/vmmon and > >/dev/vmnet, given the fact that the code is written really unportable, > >so there is some rewriting to be done. Then with the KLD's > >vmmon,vmnet and linux you should be able to run vmware. > > > > Soren mentioned that he might look into it a few weeks ago, but that's the > last thing I remember seeing. > > I'm interested in helping with this, though. > > --- > Gary Jennejohn > Home - garyj@muc.de > Work - garyj@fkr.dec.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message > > ------------------------------------------------------- Teligent AB, P.O. Box 213, S-149 23 Nynäshamn, Sweden Telephone +46-(0)8 520 660 00 * Fax +46-(0)8 520 193 36 Direct +46-(0)8 520 660 32 * GSM +46-(0)70 792 16 57 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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