Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:24:42 +0100 From: Marco Trentini <mark@remotelab.org> To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New /dev/rtc driver for vmware Message-ID: <20040124222442.GA57412@einstein.lab> In-Reply-To: <20040124151131.I29927@odysseus.silby.com> References: <20040124151131.I29927@odysseus.silby.com>
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On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 03:16:47PM -0600, Mike Silbersack wrote: > > Over the last few days, I've been hacking together a new /dev/rtc driver > for vmware to use. I still need to do a bit more work to get its timing > better (which may involve making other changes to the kernel), but I think > that it's ready for general testing. Please copy the included rtc.c into > the files/ directory of the rtc port, rebuild, and see how it works for > you. Also, make sure that you're running with kern.hz = 1000 or greater; > it's not going to work well otherwise. > > The biggest change you'll notice is that when running vmware is that > processor usage will be much lower. > > Things I have yet to do with the driver: > > 1. Make it work decently at hz = 100 > 1a. Improve its timing > 2. Implement device cloning so that under 5.x the driver can be used by > multiple copies of vmware at once. > > But for now, it seems to work pretty well, and I may just commit it as is, > unless people report other problems with it. > Hi, I'm using vmware without rct module because if I load that module (and load a virtual machine) I get a panic when shutdown the (real) machine (on FreeBSD 5.2RC and last but one version of vmware3 port). Can you explain in a nutshell the main advantages to use this module? Thanks.
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