Yes, EMC/VMware finally got their 'guest' support Upstream into kernel.org. Not eveything is in there, but it's does include 'basic' driver functionality that Oracle still keeps proprietary, and causes havoc.
As far as your AD and V2V comment, what proprietary software is Linux shipping that supports such? ;) I.e., None Case-in-point: It's all 100% open source supporting interfaces and data, not proprietary software running on Linux itself. The same concept applies. :) Proprietary software dependencies are not the same as interface/data support. - bjs On Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 07:12 Fabian Thorns <[email protected] wrote: > Hi Bryan, > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 3:48 PM Bryan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just wanted to note that, AFAIK, LPI objectives and exams cover only >> open source, with a preference for Upstream built-in and not conflicting >> (e.g., kernel.org). >> > > For specific implementations, yes. But we also test how to join an AD > domain hosted on Windows in LPIC-2 (and 3), although we focus on the Linux > aspects. > > >> So in the case of 'guest' (e.g., 102.6), that would mean what is in >> kernel.org or compatible by default, let alone nothing that would be >> incompatible (technical or licensing). >> > > If we were testing specific implementations, yes. > > The only things I've seen, and someone can correct me if I'm wrong, that >> are an issue are 'host' modules, not 'guess,' and GPLv2 incompatible >> VirtualBox Extensions for 'guests.' >> > > Are the VMware tools open source? > > P.S. Maybe the objective should be named "Linux kernel 'guest' support >> software (GPLv2 compatible)'? >> > > Most of the concepts we test in 102.6 apply to proprietary software, too. > The list of things to keep in mind when migrating from paravirtualized Xen > to fully virtualized KVM might be very close to the list of things to > consider when migrating from VMware ESI to Microsoft Hyper-V or when > migrating from cloud A to cloud B (assuming one tries to move VMs instead > of just redeploying everything). In all of these situations it's about > running Linux on whatever platform is chosen, it's not about knowing > configuration knobs of VirtualBox. > > Fabian > > _______________________________________________ > lpi-examdev mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
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