On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 2:06 AM, Gleb Smirnoff <gleb...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 03:46:11PM -0500, Bryan Venteicher wrote: > B> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Bryan Venteicher <bry...@freebsd.org> > wrote: > B> > B> > Author: bryanv > B> > Date: Fri Sep 6 20:24:21 2013 > B> > New Revision: 255323 > B> > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/255323 > B> > > B> > Log: > B> > Add vmx device to the i386 and amd64 NOTES files > B> > > B> > > B> FWIW - I'm on the fence about adding vmx to GENERIC for 10.0. IIRC, > B> VMware's vmxnet3 driver returns BUS_PROBE_VENDOR so the two drivers > should > B> coexist. This is assuming VMware updates the driver for 10 ... which I'm > B> guessing isn't likely and was a large reason I added this driver in the > B> first place. > B> > B> LMK if anybody has strong thoughts either way. > > May be it is worth providing a special kernel config for VMware > environment? > > Add QEMU, HYPERV, BHYVE, and VIRTUALBOX to that list. I don't think it is unreasonable for us to provide such configs, but I think we are lacking most of the infrastructure to make it useful. > When GENERIC is booted in vmware it has a load of stuff that would be > never used. And if a GENERIC with vmx is booted on hardware, vmx won't > be ever used. > > I agree it is far from ideal, but that's just the nature of what we've made GENERIC. > -- > Totus tuus, Glebius. > _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
