svn commit: r255323 - in head/sys: amd64/conf i386/conf

[Gleb Smirnoff]

On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 03:46:11PM -0500, Bryan Venteicher wrote:
B> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Bryan Venteicher <bryanv at freebsd.org> wrote:
B> 
B> > Author: bryanv
B> > Date: Fri Sep  6 20:24:21 2013
B> > New Revision: 255323
B> > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/255323
B> >
B> > Log:
B> >   Add vmx device to the i386 and amd64 NOTES files
B> >
B> >
B> FWIW - I'm on the fence about adding vmx to GENERIC for 10.0. IIRC,
B> VMware's vmxnet3 driver returns BUS_PROBE_VENDOR so the two drivers should
B> coexist. This is assuming VMware updates the driver for 10 ... which I'm
B> guessing isn't likely and was a large reason I added this driver in the
B> first place.
B> 
B> LMK if anybody has strong thoughts either way.

May be it is worth providing a special kernel config for VMware environment?

When GENERIC is booted in vmware it has a load of stuff that would be
never used. And if a GENERIC with vmx is booted on hardware, vmx won't
be ever used.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.