> On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 02:35:58PM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote: > | That VM does not emulate the x86 correctly, (either). > > So are you interested in dmesgs from virtual machines ? I always (try > to) indicate that a certain dmesg or report is sent from a virtual > machine (and I really appreciate being able to run some virtual > OpenBSD machines on my company laptop (running OSX) to be able to test > ports and stuff like that), but in general do not send VM dmesgs to > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In the last while, approximately one third of x86 (i386/amd64) dmesg's are from VM's. This is annoying, because VM's to some extent make the base machines so much more uniform, so these are not the best test results for us to see. We've had to make changes to a lot of drivers to cope with the VM's having bugs. This massive move towards VM use is a worrying trend and I am scared of the side effects we will face from so many people (essentially) choosing to run 3 operating systems instead of 1 ... and doing this when their guest choice is 'OpenBSD for security'. I really wonder how people arrive at such a position... without logic or technological understanding, I suppose.
