[masamune__]

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) 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

According to LWN's article they found linux kernel's source (radix tree, scheduler) 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

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]

> "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/ [2] https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_...