Re: VMWare: porting kernel modules to FreeBSD
It seems Gary Jennejohn wrote: Mark Huizer writes: Hi there, I had a look recently at the code for one of the kernel modules that VMWare requires (driver-only.tar), and it looks like something that should be portable to FreeBSD, although there is some messy stuff in it (assembly that seems to be using Linux specific stuff, brrr..) But anyway: it looks feasable. Is anyone already working on this, or are some people interested in helping with this? As far as I can see, the linux emulation is good enough to run the vmware program, "all" you need to do is implement /dev/vmmon and /dev/vmnet, given the fact that the code is written really unportable, so there is some rewriting to be done. Then with the KLD's vmmon,vmnet and linux you should be able to run vmware. Soren mentioned that he might look into it a few weeks ago, but that's the last thing I remember seeing. Yup, I have the files here, and have given it a quick look, doesn't look to difficult to do, but I havn't had time yet to get into the matter.. It will probably be awhile before I do have the time though, but if nobody else does it I'll get to it sooner or later... -Søren To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: VMWare: porting kernel modules to FreeBSD
I'd like help too. /Jakob Alvermark On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Gary Jennejohn wrote: Mark Huizer writes: Hi there, I had a look recently at the code for one of the kernel modules that VMWare requires (driver-only.tar), and it looks like something that should be portable to FreeBSD, although there is some messy stuff in it (assembly that seems to be using Linux specific stuff, brrr..) But anyway: it looks feasable. Is anyone already working on this, or are some people interested in helping with this? As far as I can see, the linux emulation is good enough to run the vmware program, all you need to do is implement /dev/vmmon and /dev/vmnet, given the fact that the code is written really unportable, so there is some rewriting to be done. Then with the KLD's vmmon,vmnet and linux you should be able to run vmware. Soren mentioned that he might look into it a few weeks ago, but that's the last thing I remember seeing. I'm interested in helping with this, though. --- Gary Jennejohn Home - ga...@muc.de Work - ga...@fkr.dec.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-emulation in the body of the message --- Teligent AB, P.O. Box 213, S-149 23 Nynäshamn, Sweden Telephone +46-(0)8 520 660 00 * Fax +46-(0)8 520 193 36 Direct +46-(0)8 520 660 32 * GSM +46-(0)70 792 16 57 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: VMWare: porting kernel modules to FreeBSD
It seems Gary Jennejohn wrote: Mark Huizer writes: Hi there, I had a look recently at the code for one of the kernel modules that VMWare requires (driver-only.tar), and it looks like something that should be portable to FreeBSD, although there is some messy stuff in it (assembly that seems to be using Linux specific stuff, brrr..) But anyway: it looks feasable. Is anyone already working on this, or are some people interested in helping with this? As far as I can see, the linux emulation is good enough to run the vmware program, all you need to do is implement /dev/vmmon and /dev/vmnet, given the fact that the code is written really unportable, so there is some rewriting to be done. Then with the KLD's vmmon,vmnet and linux you should be able to run vmware. Soren mentioned that he might look into it a few weeks ago, but that's the last thing I remember seeing. Yup, I have the files here, and have given it a quick look, doesn't look to difficult to do, but I havn't had time yet to get into the matter.. It will probably be awhile before I do have the time though, but if nobody else does it I'll get to it sooner or later... -Søren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: VMWare: porting kernel modules to FreeBSD
Mark Huizer writes: Hi there, I had a look recently at the code for one of the kernel modules that VMWare requires (driver-only.tar), and it looks like something that should be portable to FreeBSD, although there is some messy stuff in it (assembly that seems to be using Linux specific stuff, brrr..) But anyway: it looks feasable. Is anyone already working on this, or are some people interested in helping with this? As far as I can see, the linux emulation is good enough to run the vmware program, "all" you need to do is implement /dev/vmmon and /dev/vmnet, given the fact that the code is written really unportable, so there is some rewriting to be done. Then with the KLD's vmmon,vmnet and linux you should be able to run vmware. Soren mentioned that he might look into it a few weeks ago, but that's the last thing I remember seeing. I'm interested in helping with this, though. --- Gary Jennejohn Home - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work - [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: VMWare: porting kernel modules to FreeBSD
I'd like help too. /Jakob Alvermark On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Gary Jennejohn wrote: Mark Huizer writes: Hi there, I had a look recently at the code for one of the kernel modules that VMWare requires (driver-only.tar), and it looks like something that should be portable to FreeBSD, although there is some messy stuff in it (assembly that seems to be using Linux specific stuff, brrr..) But anyway: it looks feasable. Is anyone already working on this, or are some people interested in helping with this? As far as I can see, the linux emulation is good enough to run the vmware program, "all" you need to do is implement /dev/vmmon and /dev/vmnet, given the fact that the code is written really unportable, so there is some rewriting to be done. Then with the KLD's vmmon,vmnet and linux you should be able to run vmware. Soren mentioned that he might look into it a few weeks ago, but that's the last thing I remember seeing. I'm interested in helping with this, though. --- Gary Jennejohn Home - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work - [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message --- Teligent AB, P.O. Box 213, S-149 23 Nynäshamn, Sweden Telephone +46-(0)8 520 660 00 * Fax +46-(0)8 520 193 36 Direct +46-(0)8 520 660 32 * GSM +46-(0)70 792 16 57 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: VMWare: porting kernel modules to FreeBSD
Mark Huizer writes: Hi there, I had a look recently at the code for one of the kernel modules that VMWare requires (driver-only.tar), and it looks like something that should be portable to FreeBSD, although there is some messy stuff in it (assembly that seems to be using Linux specific stuff, brrr..) But anyway: it looks feasable. Is anyone already working on this, or are some people interested in helping with this? As far as I can see, the linux emulation is good enough to run the vmware program, all you need to do is implement /dev/vmmon and /dev/vmnet, given the fact that the code is written really unportable, so there is some rewriting to be done. Then with the KLD's vmmon,vmnet and linux you should be able to run vmware. Soren mentioned that he might look into it a few weeks ago, but that's the last thing I remember seeing. I'm interested in helping with this, though. --- Gary Jennejohn Home - ga...@muc.de Work - ga...@fkr.dec.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: VMWare: porting kernel modules to FreeBSD
On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 09:16:29AM -0500, Chris Dillon wrote: On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Mark Huizer wrote: Hi there, I had a look recently at the code for one of the kernel modules that VMWare requires (driver-only.tar), and it looks like something that should be portable to FreeBSD, although there is some messy stuff in it (assembly that seems to be using Linux specific stuff, brrr..) But anyway: it looks feasable. Is anyone already working on this, or are some people interested in helping with this? As far as I can see, the linux emulation is good enough to run the vmware program, "all" you need to do is implement /dev/vmmon and /dev/vmnet, given the fact that the code is written really unportable, so there is some rewriting to be done. Then with the KLD's vmmon,vmnet and linux you should be able to run vmware. WooHoo! Well, I can't celebrate quite yet, but I'll definately be buying a copy of VMWare if anyone gets this to work (WAY above my head, so no help from me, sorry). More than likely, many people other than myself would also buy a copy of VMWare for Linux just to run under FreeBSD, so maybe you can convince VMWare, Inc. to give you or whoever else decides to tackle this some monetary compensation? It would also help to bring us a step closer to a native FreeBSD version of VMWare, since some (most?) of the work would already be done for them (the porting of vmmon and vmnet). We will _definitely_ buy VMWare if we can run it on a FreeBSD host system - I believe that I've told them so in the past. Joe -- Josef KarthauserFreeBSD: How many times have you booted today? Technical Manager Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: VMWare: porting kernel modules to FreeBSD
Hello: One other thing that you might be interested in is the fact that Freemware has its first release out. ***It is not nearly complete yet*** They have something out though, and it needs people to work on the code for FreeBSD. Right now they are working mostly on the Linux stuff where it is OS sensitive. However, it would be appreciated if somebody wanted to work on the FreeBSD specific code. Darren Wiebe I had a look recently at the code for one of the kernel modules that VMWare requires (driver-only.tar), and it looks like something that should be portable to FreeBSD, although there is some messy stuff in it (assembly that seems to be using Linux specific stuff, brrr..) But anyway: it looks feasable. Is anyone already working on this, or are some people interested in helping with this? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: VMWare: porting kernel modules to FreeBSD
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Mark Huizer wrote: Hi there, I had a look recently at the code for one of the kernel modules that VMWare requires (driver-only.tar), and it looks like something that should be portable to FreeBSD, although there is some messy stuff in it (assembly that seems to be using Linux specific stuff, brrr..) But anyway: it looks feasable. Is anyone already working on this, or are some people interested in helping with this? As far as I can see, the linux emulation is good enough to run the vmware program, all you need to do is implement /dev/vmmon and /dev/vmnet, given the fact that the code is written really unportable, so there is some rewriting to be done. Then with the KLD's vmmon,vmnet and linux you should be able to run vmware. WooHoo! Well, I can't celebrate quite yet, but I'll definately be buying a copy of VMWare if anyone gets this to work (WAY above my head, so no help from me, sorry). More than likely, many people other than myself would also buy a copy of VMWare for Linux just to run under FreeBSD, so maybe you can convince VMWare, Inc. to give you or whoever else decides to tackle this some monetary compensation? It would also help to bring us a step closer to a native FreeBSD version of VMWare, since some (most?) of the work would already be done for them (the porting of vmmon and vmnet). -- Chris Dillon - cdil...@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdil...@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures (SPARC under development). ( http://www.freebsd.org ) One should admire Windows users. It takes a great deal of courage to trust Windows with your data. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: VMWare: porting kernel modules to FreeBSD
On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 08:10:28AM -0600, Darren WIebe wrote: Hello: One other thing that you might be interested in is the fact that Freemware has its first release out. ***It is not nearly complete yet*** They have something out though, and it needs people to work on the code for FreeBSD. Right now they are working mostly on the Linux stuff where it is OS sensitive. However, it would be appreciated if somebody wanted to work on the FreeBSD specific code. I think that for my purpose it might be interesting, but taking way too long to become productive enough. I'm one of the big group of You must run Outlook! And I can probably arrange for the license, so no problem with using VMWare if possible. I'd prefer using FreeBSD though mark -- Mark Huizer - mark.hui...@nl.origin-it.com - x...@xaa.iae.nl Faith is good, but skepticism is better (Guiseppe Verdi) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: VMWare: porting kernel modules to FreeBSD
On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 09:16:29AM -0500, Chris Dillon wrote: On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Mark Huizer wrote: Hi there, I had a look recently at the code for one of the kernel modules that VMWare requires (driver-only.tar), and it looks like something that should be portable to FreeBSD, although there is some messy stuff in it (assembly that seems to be using Linux specific stuff, brrr..) But anyway: it looks feasable. Is anyone already working on this, or are some people interested in helping with this? As far as I can see, the linux emulation is good enough to run the vmware program, all you need to do is implement /dev/vmmon and /dev/vmnet, given the fact that the code is written really unportable, so there is some rewriting to be done. Then with the KLD's vmmon,vmnet and linux you should be able to run vmware. WooHoo! Well, I can't celebrate quite yet, but I'll definately be buying a copy of VMWare if anyone gets this to work (WAY above my head, so no help from me, sorry). More than likely, many people other than myself would also buy a copy of VMWare for Linux just to run under FreeBSD, so maybe you can convince VMWare, Inc. to give you or whoever else decides to tackle this some monetary compensation? It would also help to bring us a step closer to a native FreeBSD version of VMWare, since some (most?) of the work would already be done for them (the porting of vmmon and vmnet). We will _definitely_ buy VMWare if we can run it on a FreeBSD host system - I believe that I've told them so in the past. Joe -- Josef KarthauserFreeBSD: How many times have you booted today? Technical Manager Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [...@pavilion.net, j...@uk.freebsd.org, j...@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
