Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:55:37 +0100 From: Erik Cederstrand <erik@cederstrand.dk> To: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Schedule for releases Message-ID: <958ECD0E-9825-4914-895F-D016CDC01D9B@cederstrand.dk> In-Reply-To: <201012221434.oBMEYwXA051201@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <201012221434.oBMEYwXA051201@lurza.secnetix.de>
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--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--
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