virtio for 9.1-R

Joe Holden lists at rewt.org.uk
Tue Nov 27 20:49:20 UTC 2012


On 27/11/2012 19:25, Sergey Kandaurov wrote:
> On 27 November 2012 22:12, Joe Holden <lists at rewt.org.uk> wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I can't see virtio in releng/9.1, is there any particular reason why it
>> isn't going to be included given that it works reasonable well (and is
>> optional anyway, so not likely to be detrimental)?
>
> virtio appeared in stable/9 a bit after 9.1 cut off,
> and it is too late now regardless of virtio shape.
> Anyway you can installed it from ports.
>
Ah I see, doesn't really help all the people who can't install it in KVM 
and such though unfortunately, seems silly making them wait even
longer and having to use Linux :)

cheers


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