Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 12:40:02 -0700 (PDT) From: John Kozubik <john@kozubik.com> To: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> Cc: orlando@break.net, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bounty and timeline on vmware 5.x on FreeBSD 6.x Message-ID: <20070403123659.C35599@kozubik.com> In-Reply-To: <20070403145422.GA71212@freebsd.org> References: <20070401121154.O35599@kozubik.com> <20070402095502.ejpfl6sk4sokwo4c@webmail.leidinger.net> <20070402145854.F35599@kozubik.com> <20070403120543.awgarosussowkwsc@webmail.leidinger.net> <20070403145422.GA71212@freebsd.org>
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Roman, On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Roman Divacky wrote: > > >Vmware 5.5.3 will run with Linux kernel 2.4.x. [1] In fact, it appears to > > >run on 2.2 as well. > > > > A first try would be to backport some bugfixes (e.g. the mmap() fixes) > > from -current (I can give a hint or two if someone is interested to do > > this). After that determining what is needed by vmware would give a > > hint where to proceed. > > a lot of work went into -current linuxulator and I think that trying to identify > single change is not very productive. 7.0R is coming so I think we should just stick > with 7.x linuxulator.... It may be a moot point, as nobody has responded to this bounty. However, FWIW, I will consider the requirements met if vmware 5.5 can be made to run on either FreeBSD 6.x-R or 7.x-R. Anyone ?
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