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It's not driver itself but clever module that VMware developed so they can use linux drivers. (In prev thread : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9153716 ht
by masamune__ 12y ago
It's not driver itself but clever module that VMware developed so they can use linux drivers.
(In prev thread : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9153716 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9153716)
But VMK API is not just wrapper for linux drivers. You can specifically write device driver for ESXI, like GPU : https://developercenter.vmware.com/web/dp/sdks https://developercenter.vmware.com/web/dp/sdks
According to LWN's article they found linux kernel's source (radix tree, scheduler) https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/635290/e501ce0264c182f4/ https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/635290/e501ce0264c182f4/
But it's not exactly clear if those codes were actually built and shipped with product according to 'former employ'
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9155251 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9155251
This is all cluster*uck of wild guessworks unless they elaborate more on VMware's response or VMware makes formal statements on their position. What a waste of time
- travem 12y ago> "According to LWN's article they found linux kernel's source (radix tree, scheduler)" [1]. Presumably when LWN article states "code can be downloaded from VMware's web site" they got it from the open source tab on VMware vSphere's download page [2]. [1] https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/635290/e501ce0264c182f4/ https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/635290/e501ce0264c182f4/ [2] https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/5_5#open_source https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_...