Bounty and timeline on vmware 5.x on FreeBSD 6.x

[John Kozubik]

On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Eric Anderson wrote:

> On 04/03/07 15:30, Roman Divacky wrote:
> >> However, FWIW, I will consider the requirements met if vmware 5.5 can be
> >> made to run on either FreeBSD 6.x-R or 7.x-R.
> >
> > well.. the first point is to actually TRY the vmware on 7.x, when we know
> > why it doesn't work we can decide further...
> >
> > anyone volunteering? :)
>
>
> I've already begun tinkering with it.  :)
>
> I'm not ready to say I'll commit to anything, due to lack of time.
> However, I want this as badly as John, so I'm starting with the basics.


It would be very nice if we could receive some input from Orlando, who
seems to have been behind the previous vmware-on-freebsd efforts.

If only for advice - I would hate to see you reinventing any wheels, Eric.