+------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | On (04/10/05 12:04), Joerg Schilling wrote: | | From: Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 12:04:12 +0200 | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris kernel running as Solaris process? | Cc: [email protected] | | Felix Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | > It would still make development of some parts of the kernel easier | > (for example: file systems. My attempts to get reiserfs ported are not | > very fruitfully as each panic-reset-test-recompile-boot-panic cycle | > takes ages on this old Ultra5). First at all you don't need a separate | > box and *physical* access - you just run the process and that's it | > (then I could use a V890 here instead of this lame Ultra5). | | kernel panics due to bad pointers are not really common to kernel development | once you got the needed experience. | | Of course, it help to have a separate box to run the tests...
What about using vmware to do testing for solaris x86 on a spare x86 box with windows or linux on it for the sole purpose of vmware? At least then you have a sandbox, on sand, but still a sandbox :) VMWare has 30 day trial licenses, which you can get again. | | J?rg | | -- | EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) J?rg Schilling D-13353 Berlin | [EMAIL PROTECTED] (uni) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ | URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily | _______________________________________________ | opensolaris-discuss mailing list | [email protected] _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
