From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 14 14:29:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DD4B16A4CE for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 14:29:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay.pair.com (relay.pair.com [209.68.1.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C665943D3F for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 14:29:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from silby@silby.com) Received: (qmail 75955 invoked from network); 14 Mar 2004 22:29:28 -0000 Received: from niwun.pair.com (HELO localhost) (209.68.2.70) by relay.pair.com with SMTP; 14 Mar 2004 22:29:28 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 209.68.2.70 Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 16:29:27 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Silbersack To: Sean Welch In-Reply-To: <20040313225948.GA11676@NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net> Message-ID: <20040314162749.D41991@odysseus.silby.com> References: <20040313225948.GA11676@NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMware 3 changes commited, rtc updated as well X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 22:29:30 -0000 On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Sean Welch wrote: > Am I correct in surmising that your changes to allow > dynamic device numbering are a prelude to introducing > device cloning? > > Sean Er, not really. The vmmon device handles multiple sessions fine as is. :) I just did the cleanups because they needed to be done, no reason more. But yet, cloning the rtc device is definitely one of the next things for me to work on. (After I examine the rtc device more - I've been doing more analysis, and it turns out that the rtc device may not actually be doing anything whatsoever. Stay tuned.) Mike "Silby" Silbersack