From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 22 14:55:40 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F7641065675 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:55:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erik@cederstrand.dk) Received: from csmtp1.one.com (csmtp1.one.com [195.47.247.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D05198FC1B for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:55:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.72] (0x573fa596.cpe.ge-1-1-0-1109.ronqu1.customer.tele.dk [87.63.165.150]) by csmtp1.one.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DAF71BC0703B; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:55:38 +0000 (UTC) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Apple-Mail-1004--957558213; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1 From: Erik Cederstrand In-Reply-To: <201012221434.oBMEYwXA051201@lurza.secnetix.de> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:55:37 +0100 Message-Id: <958ECD0E-9825-4914-895F-D016CDC01D9B@cederstrand.dk> References: <201012221434.oBMEYwXA051201@lurza.secnetix.de> To: Oliver Fromme X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Schedule for releases X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:55:40 -0000 --Apple-Mail-1004--957558213 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Den 22/12/2010 kl. 15.34 skrev Oliver Fromme: >=20 > Erik Cederstrand wrote: >> Den 22/12/2010 kl. 09.52 skrev Oliver Fromme: >>=20 >>> For me, personally, one significant problem is that I don't >>> have the resources to easily run several versions of FreeBSD >>> at home. >>=20 >> Wouldn't a jail be sufficient for work that stays in userland? >> For kernel work, I think a virtual machine would be much easier >> than dual-boot. >=20 > Well, it depends. In this thread, device drivers were > mentioned in particular. You can't test those in jails > or in virtual machines. You have a point there. Hardware vendors should start offering virtual = hardware. At a discount, of course :-) Erik= --Apple-Mail-1004--957558213--