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Date:      Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:07:57 +1300
From:      Andras Lipoth <andras.lipoth@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Project Status
Message-ID:  <a8ae92820903151907n10bc986fqdc99f73dd0b516eb@mail.gmail.com>

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>>> Are there any plans to revive support for this platform??
>>
>> I was hoping to work on it and started reading up. =A0Unfortunately,
>> Real Life got in the way and I have made very little progress.
>>
>> At this stage, until/unless I get a driver working for at least the
>> virtual network (and preferably virtual disk as well), I can't make
>> any further progress. =A0Whilst there are both Linux and OpenSolaris
>> vnet drivers, both rely on a substantial amount of infrastructure that
>> doesn't currently exist in FreeBSD (and needs non-trivial effort to
>> port).
>>
>
> Mark Kettenis has done some awesome work on this already.
> http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=3Darticle&sid=3D20090201164147&mode=3Dexpa=
nded
>

Would it be a major effort to port the vnet and vdsk drivers to FreeBSD?

Andras



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