Re: Problem with curret in vmware

Can I suggest?
We desperately need for "vmware" page at wiki.
I created stub, will fill it with known info to me, help and experience
appreciated!

https://wiki.freebsd.org/VmWare

P.S. Some time ago there was message in lists, about improved speed of
intel-emulated network card under vmware, this could go there too.




2013/7/31 Bryan Venteicher <bryanv_at_daemoninthecloset.org>

> > On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 5:25:06 am Alexander Yerenkow wrote:
> > > Hello all.
> > > I have panics in vmware with installed vmwaretools (they are guessed
> > > culprit).
> > > Seems that memory balooning (or using more memory in all vms than
> there is
> > > in host)
> > > produces some kind of weird behavior in FreeBSD.
> > > This vm aren't shutted down now, is there somethin I can do to help
> > > investigate this?
> > >
> > > Panic screens:
> > > http://gits.kiev.ua/FreeBSD/panic1.png
> > > http://gits.kiev.ua/FreeBSD/panic2.png
> >
> > Looks like their code needs to be updated to work with locking changes in
> > HEAD.  Attilio is probably the best person to ask.
> >
>
> This highlights why we should move away from the poorly supported, out of
> tree, unfriendly licensed VMware tools. I have a port of the vmxnet3 from
> OpenBSD [1] that I intend to commit in time for 10. Next, I hope to look
> at the OpenBSD vmt [2] VMware tools driver.
>
> The balloon is a bit trickier. AFAIK, OpenBSD doesn't have a driver for
> easy porting. The VMware tools driver for FreeBSD is GPL licensed, and
> VMware has shown no interest/ability to relicense their tools. Likely,
> the best way forward is to port their CDDL licensed Solaris driver.
>
> [1] -
> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/projects/vmxnet/sys/dev/vmware/vmxnet3/
> [2] -
> http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vmt&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html
>
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Regards,
Alexander Yerenkow