[OmniOS-discuss] feature request

[Jorge Schrauwen]

+1 on this... also as just discussed on #illumos... also bundling 
vmxnet/pvscsi would be nice as mentioned by patdk-wk.

(And look as to why vioblk is not working, but that is on my extended 
todo list)

Jorge


On 2014-10-03 15:29, Alexander Lesle wrote:
> Hello Dan McDonald and List,
> 
> in my mind this was a great proposal what you done at Sep, 02.
> That's the way to build a great OmniOS near to the users.
> 
> Here my request for the next release:
> It would be convenient if open-vm-tools were installed in the new
> release. http://sourceforge.net/projects/open-vm-tools/files/
> Its very convenient and helpful when you install OmniOS new the
> drivers are available.
> Since ESXi 5.5 U2 VMware supports now open-vm-tools.
> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2073803
> 
> The second way is to put it in the repository.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> On September, 02 2014, 20:22 <Dan McDonald> wrote in [1]:
> 
>> I'm now starting to wind up the r151012 build process.  You'll see
>> me dump updates here occasionally.
> 
>> What I'd like to know now is:
> 
>>         Any updates you need/want in r151012?
> 
>> If you've been keeping up with my bloody announcements, everything
>> you see there will be landing in r151012.  This includes HW goodies
>> like LSI 3008-based 12G SAS (albeit not at optimal performance yet),
>> for example.  Once this week's bloody update goes out, there will be
>> a lot of updates to both userspace and in the kernel.
> 
>> I'd like to hear if anyone here has suggestions.  I cannot
>> guarantee I will take 'em, but I can at least explain why-not if I 
>> don't.
> 
>> Thanks,
>> Dan McD. - OmniOS Engineering