Bug 170286
| Summary: | [handbook] [patch] Out of date information in the Virtualization section of Handbook | ||||||||
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| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | Benjamin Washington-Yule <byu17> | ||||||
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | Isabell Long <issyl0> | ||||||
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||||||||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||||||||
| Priority: | Normal | ||||||||
| Version: | Latest | ||||||||
| Hardware: | Any | ||||||||
| OS: | Any | ||||||||
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Please find attached unified diff Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-doc->issyl0 I'll take it. Author: issyl0 Date: Tue Jul 31 08:38:27 2012 New Revision: 39283 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39283 Log: Update the virtualization chapter of the Handbook: there is no longer the named OSE version of VirtualBox. PR: docs/170286 Submitted by: Benjamin Washington-Yule (byu17 (at) uclive.ac.nz) Approved by: gjb (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.sgml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.sgml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.sgml Sun Jul 29 19:12:09 2012 (r39282) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.sgml Tue Jul 31 08:38:27 2012 (r39283) @@ -1114,8 +1114,7 @@ EndSection</programlisting> <application>VMware</application> (like <filename role="package">emulators/vmware3</filename>), which utilized the &linux; binary compatibility layer. Shortly after - the release of &os; 7.2, the Open Source Edition - (<acronym>OSE</acronym>) of Sun's + the release of &os; 7.2, Sun's <application>&virtualbox;</application> appeared in the Ports Collection as a native &os; program.</para> @@ -1123,14 +1122,13 @@ EndSection</programlisting> developed, complete virtualization package, that is available for most operating systems including &windows;, &macos;, &linux; and &os;. It is equally capable at running &windows; or &unix; - like guests. It comes in two flavors, an open source and a - proprietary edition. From the user's point of view, perhaps the - most important limitation of the <acronym>OSE</acronym> is the - lack of USB support. Other differences may be found in the - <quote>Editions</quote> page of the - <application>&virtualbox;</application> wiki, at - <ulink url="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions"></ulink>. - Currently, only the OSE is available for &os;.</para> + like guests. It is released as open source software, but with + closed-source components available in a separate extension pack. + These components include support for USB 2.0 devices, among others. + More information may be found on the <quote>Downloads</quote> page + of the <application>&virtualbox;</application> wiki, at + <ulink url="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads"></ulink>. + Currently, these extensions are not available for &os;.</para> <sect2 id="virtualization-virtualbox-install"> <title>Installing &virtualbox;</title> _______________________________________________ svn-doc-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-doc-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-doc-all-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" State Changed From-To: open->closed Thanks for this, the update has now been committed. |
The information at the beginning of section 23.3 ("FreeBSD as a Host OS") is out of date with regards to VirtualBox and previously named open source edition (OSE). There is only one version now. See https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions for details of the change. Fix: Corrected text. Patch attached with submission follows: How-To-Repeat: n/a