Oracle's VirtualBox kernel module labelled 'crap'

[Cy Schubert]

In message <20111012195854.GU94623 at portland.byshenk.net>, Greg Byshenk 
writes:
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:38:31PM -0700, Cy Schubert wrote:
>  
> > I've been using VirtualBox on FreeBSD (and Windows) for about a year. No 
> > problems on either platform. Even though my FreeBSD platform, my laptop, 
> > doesn't support SVM, I've had no problems and had only one hang on my dual 
> > core AMD system at home (may have been memory related). Check out the 
> > following article.
> > 
> > http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/10/12/oracles-virtualbox-kernel-mod-labelled-cr
> a
> > p/
> > 
> > Have people had problems under FreeBSD or is this a Linux-only issue?
> 
> This looks like it -is- a Linux issue, as it's related to the 
> Virtualbox Linux kernel module.
> 
> I've used Virtualbox for FreeBSD quite a bit over the last year or
> so, and haven't personally seen any significant problems. 

Thanks. Just checking with folks before I expand my use of VBox even more 
than I do now.


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Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at komquats.com>
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